diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame2003.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame2003.nix
index 84c308dfde5f..d947317539dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame2003.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame2003.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 }:
 mkLibretroCore {
   core = "mame2003";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-12-13";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-04-02";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libretro";
     repo = "mame2003-libretro";
-    rev = "6c32fa9fc005d7e924909c6ff4684da9abb00ceb";
-    hash = "sha256-NPPwLruxafBUwKYy+DuLrTZa5QlbneWQSvCRN6ispdM=";
+    rev = "c651c573655218428d7c524f611f7d62d13861a1";
+    hash = "sha256-7tAmLBClwM6gMILiWN3cIl452EX0JVFtTSEdxPoRs/4=";
   };
 
   # Fix build with GCC 14