diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
index f76b439b9206..b639397388b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   pname = "youtube-dl";
-  version = "2018.05.09";
+  version = "2018.05.18";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0sl4bi2jls3417rd62awbqdq1b6wskkjbfwpnyw4a61qarfxid1d";
+    sha256 = "11r0hv6885w8k4m307kvf9545vr5a3ym9bf7szghvbcgmgc8lm5w";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];