diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/beetle-saturn.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/beetle-saturn.nix
index 8c63c7922519..614fc85fa385 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/beetle-saturn.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/beetle-saturn.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 }:
 mkLibretroCore {
   core = "mednafen-saturn";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-07-01";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-01-12";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libretro";
     repo = "beetle-saturn-libretro";
-    rev = "ccba5265f60f8e64a1984c9d14d383606193ea6a";
-    hash = "sha256-Ixjduv67sPJmf0BH8GaJyyTdpDV/e1UCWCeOb7vLggo=";
+    rev = "b4df47a9f0f30d09eb95b07a4435d0f435a2e95d";
+    hash = "sha256-IIjJdw7u/AaqnKCp6LXc4U0GehwrvEukTC54odCFYkU=";
   };
 
   makefile = "Makefile";