diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
index 5c13b4c8350b..e571f5333990 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/youtube-dl/default.nix
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # The websites youtube-dl deals with are a very moving target. That means that
   # downloads break constantly. Because of that, updates should always be backported
   # to the latest stable release.
-  version = "2019.07.30";
+  version = "2019.08.02";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://yt-dl.org/downloads/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0nb5xvq4aq0az8y5wb54zp5q4qzfhs7rcb39yp6j5q8jyjp9kzwy";
+    sha256 = "101b6jrf6ckbxrn76ppvgdyrb25p7d247kn8qgq7n476sfnkfg2p";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];