diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/play.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/play.nix
index c6eb66b7d234..86c8083763e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/play.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/play.nix
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 }:
 mkLibretroCore {
   core = "play";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-12-29";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-01-05";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jpd002";
     repo = "Play-";
-    rev = "8de4a71f5215ef38e357ac77a07948eb3424448f";
-    hash = "sha256-e15p6SEwV71l52OEu08WOKPyMH6uNpnURhmTgcyzBaM=";
+    rev = "bb6896e8cfd7346b0ddecb43752c854f1c7866f1";
+    hash = "sha256-tmIQz7bVuIR1htedyCpOBPn3icr1uiOQ01iFJRhxi9s=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };