diff --git a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.SlackBuild b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.SlackBuild
index 0584efced3..c20e48f6b5 100644
--- a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=youtube-dl
 SRCNAM=$(echo $PRGNAM | tr - _)
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2017.08.13}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2017.08.18}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.info b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.info
index 67035d70db..2c310df90b 100644
--- a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.info
+++ b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="youtube-dl"
-VERSION="2017.08.13"
+VERSION="2017.08.18"
 HOMEPAGE="https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/archive/2017.08.13/youtube_dl-2017.08.13.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="bfd5d89a06a0392baba7bd03333130ae"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/archive/2017.08.18/youtube_dl-2017.08.18.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="459f94996d5e53af79929f02427637a4"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""