diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame2003.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame2003.nix
index ddc92524eeac..6a21b1681378 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame2003.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame2003.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 }:
 mkLibretroCore {
   core = "mame2003";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-03-18";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-04-02";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libretro";
     repo = "mame2003-libretro";
-    rev = "8565eec2e963b78f07a5a1f4b74df1271f3ece13";
-    hash = "sha256-pChPUwKIOtP4nl9ReqlrgxOJ/qcO6m2SnHhx3Y+hktM=";
+    rev = "a0547e84a8f58856551ca2d252f05f56212810a4";
+    hash = "sha256-POpKNpPOyOp/EkrUTa2esOJAaWoJvuijDToF6/V41uU=";
   };
 
   # Fix build with GCC 14