diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a16e5e5..1b52839 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+# Install yt-dlp last so it can be bumped independently without busting the cache above
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade "yt-dlp>=2025.1"
 
 COPY app/ ./app/
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9deb25b..5953d26 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 fastapi>=0.111
 uvicorn[standard]>=0.29
 python-multipart>=0.0.9
-yt-dlp>=2024.1
+yt-dlp>=2025.1
 pydantic>=2.0
 pydantic-settings>=2.0
 aiofiles>=23.0