diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-playlistmanager.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-playlistmanager.nix
index ae943eabaaec..ffc1e81eed5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-playlistmanager.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-playlistmanager.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildLua rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace playlistmanager.lua \
-      --replace-fail 'youtube_dl_executable = "youtube-dl",' \
+      --replace-fail 'youtube_dl_executable = "yt-dlp",' \
       'youtube_dl_executable = "${lib.getExe yt-dlp}"',
   '';