diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/dolphin.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/dolphin.nix
index e4fdc6899c51..cd32ce5399ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/dolphin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/dolphin.nix
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@
 }:
 mkLibretroCore {
   core = "dolphin";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-08-05";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-04-08";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libretro";
     repo = "dolphin";
-    rev = "83438f9b1a2c832319876a1fda130a5e33d4ef87";
-    hash = "sha256-q4y+3uJ1tQ2OvlEvi/JNyIO/RfuWNIEKfVZ6xEWKFCg=";
+    rev = "0cd3bb89c29535db9b7552fc86871867ccf5b471";
+    hash = "sha256-cSiJO/EvspNvHopo/RLfuz8ONpbXk2NrrSDhkiAm7/s=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
   extraNativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -82,8 +83,6 @@ mkLibretroCore {
     (cmakeFeature "CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM" "3.5")
   ];
 
-  dontUseCmakeBuildDir = true;
-
   meta = {
     description = "Port of Dolphin to libretro";
     homepage = "https://github.com/libretro/dolphin";