diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/vba-m.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/vba-m.nix
index 6587893baed3..4653c11652ec 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-2025-11-25";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-12-10";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libretro";
     repo = "vbam-libretro";
-    rev = "c3db5dc221a3038ee54572047304963cbca15cd6";
-    hash = "sha256-e+elKAcQXTVH2VtW0J4FG2p6bJTWSuxrIrnMHwjaO9I=";
+    rev = "b269c9c3eb05da5e2adf3a512873224e3164dea3";
+    hash = "sha256-SwBLeCa233RMp4lJf3pv7aegy9jd/M/GO7T9jbIuBY8=";
   };
 
   makefile = "Makefile";