diff --git a/srcpkgs/yt-dlp/template b/srcpkgs/yt-dlp/template
index 78ed3f1e331..14b521d4ba9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/yt-dlp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/yt-dlp/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'yt-dlp'
 pkgname=yt-dlp
-version=2026.07.04
+version=2026.08.19
 revision=1
 # XXX: keep python3-yt-dlp-ejs in sync with pyproject.toml
 _ejs_ver=0.8.0
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ license="Unlicense"
 homepage="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/master/Changelog.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/${version}/yt-dlp.tar.gz>yt-dlp-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=31c32457d1a573a341bb0929386c624fe47339a5338829e6e9c9454bdfa7397a
+checksum=072aad4f2a7604e92155f61a275a4752dc64046c8f6d90df3710525d94cd37c1
 replaces="python3-youtube-dl>=0"
 
 if [ "$XBPS_WORDSIZE" -eq "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" ]; then