diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame.nix
index 7e84b499492a..bfdf1a04af22 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame.nix
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 }:
 mkLibretroCore {
   core = "mame";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-12-21";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-01-01";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libretro";
     repo = "mame";
-    rev = "00cd2b406b2498139980a20145691d6769f83dae";
-    hash = "sha256-CraC2iwAkqRcu5EJQuUckg4Xo+lPTNvhuDgbUDRfKeU=";
+    rev = "b207f9c6fc93b9d21417a9e4424607840c71db6b";
+    hash = "sha256-n9vDYSzij01rRgUc8l763FCLXsFGHIsZxAIZ+N8IBGo=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };