diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/mame.nix
index 22ee3ef17097..fc2ee5a8284e 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-2026-04-08";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-04-21";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libretro";
     repo = "mame";
-    rev = "a891bc3b98c5a9f00848c953c8768007c6d339cb";
-    hash = "sha256-u8vmZY9097h66bsZ71qoq+D+sZDkkgLukEayYVK7UI4=";
+    rev = "18d4628347a2475ba2f34e6bdc4eca81ba38b5f6";
+    hash = "sha256-0shdiEw9OFGbgnl2aIwOy5gMb9xjTfTQKFEFEAEbP9Y=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };