diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/flycast.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/flycast.nix
index f08e15ac8948..3d530034d18c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/flycast.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/flycast.nix
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 }:
 mkLibretroCore {
   core = "flycast";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-10-03";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-10-18";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "flyinghead";
     repo = "flycast";
-    rev = "af5f67c15d52b16d35e95671a5b74502288c4397";
-    hash = "sha256-eMkyNwGdgyYDmwqYy3xzzSTYqUcoKpQkDYFP8bQdz58=";
+    rev = "5d628f8167947bc8a2a7608d52e4ff8b71b9ef34";
+    hash = "sha256-QKUAVJsJL1Ff8KNz6lpMU/IZNb1I09++AqqccIBdAPw=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };