diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame2003-plus.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame2003-plus.nix
index 02d25be79d05..34fc2a9407d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame2003-plus.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame2003-plus.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 }:
 mkLibretroCore {
   core = "mame2003-plus";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-12-13";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-12-18";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libretro";
     repo = "mame2003-plus-libretro";
-    rev = "b235c48df0698bca32d941ecc0d046cfe6eb7eef";
-    hash = "sha256-/QFg5Ns6csHfGIHMm50x8j0Twq44/VETFavJd5WVKZU=";
+    rev = "bcf5a632307ecad1a3e6b2c0377a3c8f22b461c7";
+    hash = "sha256-+l5Zgn69qEnYm5m9SEQQbqqq4wNN6eRWA4M4RNuye3U=";
   };
 
   makefile = "Makefile";