diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/vba-m.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/vba-m.nix
index 7beabad5155d..f5b26fe8b8e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/vba-m.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/vba-m.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 }:
 mkLibretroCore {
   core = "vbam";
-  version = "0-unstable-2024-10-21";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-04-10";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libretro";
     repo = "vbam-libretro";
-    rev = "60b48a3a4a46562f29120c1868a54778b40b60a2";
-    hash = "sha256-UbXSHdKfa91MpcYityo+aILbI0DfkLqZh8YfGcRx/BI=";
+    rev = "e8b2875d6cad10fc3c7c9f57bb5f1acc324d7c10";
+    hash = "sha256-tq2MxjPwVPkZotaZAKxmiz7Zjws22E8tK+FPcS+uujk=";
   };
 
   makefile = "Makefile";