diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index beb16f8..ac12231 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ MarkupSafe==3.0.3
 requests==2.32.5
 urllib3==2.6.3
 Werkzeug==3.1.5
-yt-dlp
+yt-dlp[default,curl-cffi]
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 40a69c8..a615b38 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ check_and_update() {
     fi
 
     echo "New yt-dlp available: $current -> $latest. Updating..."
-    if pip install --upgrade --quiet --root-user-action=ignore yt-dlp; then
+    if pip install --upgrade --quiet --root-user-action=ignore "yt-dlp[default,curl-cffi]"; then
         return 0
     fi
     echo "yt-dlp update failed; continuing with the installed version."