diff --git a/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template b/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template
index d48cf0305f6..2f8ab72212c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'youtube-dl'
 pkgname=youtube-dl
-version=2015.12.29
+version=2016.01.01
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="${pkgname}"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/"
 license="Public Domain"
 distfiles="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=4ff67c9cb65f36f0409dc2f35953fe1b66164512c06d46ebb345cb8a70e46208
+checksum=732f37c99d71b4239d72d61dd32214b5a5a618671fb0629c8f8deb28209a172c
 
 do_install() {
 	vbin ${pkgname}