diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
index 64cfadb494a3..4a8f53b5c3b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python, zip }:
 
 let
-  version = "2014.08.02.1";
+  version = "2014.08.05";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "youtube-dl-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://youtube-dl.org/downloads/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0pn8vfzsxp0qbjidhi6pwr1cfinqbr9wcr7sipr97j4ja9m5kkha";
+    sha256 = "0gx1hrcajac26zd94qi1nsqpzv8jhjc2v1cw8msd1nya8is6v0bf";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ python ];