diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/play.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/play.nix
index 767b51f40d15..18934eeb20f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/play.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/play.nix
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 }:
 mkLibretroCore {
   core = "play";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-05-02";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-05-09";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jpd002";
     repo = "Play-";
-    rev = "2d2a3682695b0cfa49934f29a34adabbe9470db5";
-    hash = "sha256-yPFeVSK3yUhD0e7/7WftMJ3hx3ZAOMhB8zuYJ3uKwZY=";
+    rev = "96d27505b8332bac1bac7b8f02c049b1cc0ca800";
+    hash = "sha256-dX8aH5zGcrCJc/hG/4Yfzv/O2jy8h+HB8pVwI3qPXEY=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };