diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a5ccc5ef84..c0e4faecab 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ COPY requirements.txt /requirements.txt
 COPY startup_docker_chat.sh /s
 
 RUN pip3 install -r /requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade --force-reinstall "git+https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git"
 
 RUN mkdir /images
 RUN mkdir /chat_images
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index db18518500..eb3065a414 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ tinycss2
 tldextract
 user-agents
 psycopg2-binary
-youtube-dl
 yattag
 webptools
 setuptools>=65.5.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
diff --git a/ubuntu_setup.sh b/ubuntu_setup.sh
index ccc3dbd0b4..dedfcdd50b 100644
--- a/ubuntu_setup.sh
+++ b/ubuntu_setup.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ psql -U postgres -f schema.sql postgres
 psql -U postgres -f seed-users.sql postgres
 psql -U postgres -f seed-db.sql postgres
 pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+pip3 install --upgrade --force-reinstall "git+https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git"
 
 mkdir /images
 mkdir /chat_images