diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame.nix
index 185853f4e8d9..4f096f931527 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame.nix
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 }:
 mkLibretroCore {
   core = "mame";
-  version = "0-unstable-2026-01-31";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-02-27";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libretro";
     repo = "mame";
-    rev = "6cdc40fc53ba5574073d4009b531fda07156ff49";
-    hash = "sha256-4XmQsVuieIEcLTP1CJfNrJjXD2ENkh4MPLkTVjrx8dE=";
+    rev = "74731455f45c08d4f303c6d07c4f1cbf791d52b6";
+    hash = "sha256-f0f0ajliLM2ZJjOpA7sk3pgA7LZ2JTEIl7+w/3TpFK0=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };