diff --git a/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template b/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template
index 299b8d519a9..ac3ad70e7e0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/youtube-dl/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'youtube-dl'
 pkgname=youtube-dl
-version=2017.12.28
+version=2017.12.31
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="${pkgname}"
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ depends="python"
 short_desc="CLI program to download videos from YouTube and other sites (Python2)"
 #changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rg3/youtube-dl/master/ChangeLog"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-homepage="http://rg3.github.com/youtube-dl/"
+homepage="http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/"
 license="Public Domain"
 distfiles="https://yt-dl.org/downloads/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=6e361234921bebba34417012a1c74f69b124a7fe4c1d1c84008bfd16c80a48e2
+checksum=b10b23b7f5b2b1e3bca036e2c6b127902cac53d140cb40cf1ff8529362040133
 alternatives="youtube-dl:youtube-dl:/usr/bin/youtube-dl2"
 
 post_install() {