diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index d2701a9e..40f07eae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade --target=./Contents/Libraries/Shared -r \
             requirements.txt --no-warn-script-location
 
+      - name: Patch youtube-dl
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: Contents/Libraries/Shared/youtube_dl
+        run: |
+          patch_dir=${{ github.workspace }}/patches
+          git apply -v --ignore-whitespace "${patch_dir}/youtube_dl-compat.patch"
+          git apply -v --ignore-whitespace "${patch_dir}/youtube_dl-extractor.patch"
+
       - name: Install npm packages
         working-directory: Themerr-plex.bundle
         run: |
@@ -92,6 +100,7 @@ jobs:
             "-xr!Themerr-plex.bundle/DOCKER_README.md" \
             "-xr!Themerr-plex.bundle/Dockerfile" \
             "-xr!Themerr-plex.bundle/docs" \
+            "-xr!Themerr-plex.bundle/patches" \
             "-xr!Themerr-plex.bundle/scripts" \
             "-xr!Themerr-plex.bundle/tests" \
             a "./Themerr-plex.bundle.zip" "Themerr-plex.bundle"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bdcb9513..65bf6b15 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ python2 -m pip --no-python-version-warning --disable-pip-version-check install -
 python2 ./scripts/build_plist.py
 _BUILD
 
+# patch youtube-dl
+WORKDIR /build/Contents/Libraries/Shared/youtube_dl
+RUN <<_YOUTUBE_DL_PATCH
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+patch_dir=/build/patches
+git apply -v --ignore-whitespace "${patch_dir}/youtube_dl-compat.patch"
+git apply -v --ignore-whitespace "${patch_dir}/youtube_dl-extractor.patch"
+_YOUTUBE_DL_PATCH
+WORKDIR /build
+
 # setup npm and dependencies
 RUN <<_NPM
 #!/bin/bash
@@ -61,6 +72,7 @@ _NPM
 RUN <<_CLEAN
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
+rm -rf ./patches/
 rm -rf ./scripts/
 # list contents
 ls -a
diff --git a/patches/youtube_dl-compat.patch b/patches/youtube_dl-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c878397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/youtube_dl-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+diff --git a/youtube_dl/compat.py b/youtube_dl/compat.py
+index 3c526a78d..6e2a92d92 100644
+--- a/youtube_dl/compat.py
++++ b/youtube_dl/compat.py
+@@ -58,18 +58,22 @@ except ImportError:  # Python 2
+ 
+ # Also fix up lack of method arg in old Pythons
+ try:
+-    _req = compat_urllib_request.Request
+-    _req('http://127.0.0.1', method='GET')
++    type(compat_urllib_request.Request('http://127.0.0.1', method='GET'))
+ except TypeError:
+-    class _request(object):
+-        def __new__(cls, url, *args, **kwargs):
+-            method = kwargs.pop('method', None)
+-            r = _req(url, *args, **kwargs)
+-            if method:
+-                r.get_method = types.MethodType(lambda _: method, r)
+-            return r
+-
+-    compat_urllib_request.Request = _request
++    def _add_init_method_arg(cls):
++        init = cls.__init__
++
++        def wrapped_init(self, *args, **kwargs):
++            method = kwargs.pop('method', 'GET')
++            init(self, *args, **kwargs)
++            if self.has_data() and method == 'GET':
++                method = 'POST'
++            self.get_method = types.MethodType(lambda _: method, self)
++
++        cls.__init__ = wrapped_init
++
++    _add_init_method_arg(compat_urllib_request.Request)
++    del _add_init_method_arg
+ 
+ 
+ try:
diff --git a/patches/youtube_dl-extractor.patch b/patches/youtube_dl-extractor.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..384e6fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/youtube_dl-extractor.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+index 9c419c002..3bf483c1c 100644
+--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
++++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+@@ -260,16 +260,10 @@ class YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
+         cookies = self._get_cookies('https://www.youtube.com/')
+         if cookies.get('__Secure-3PSID'):
+             return
+-        consent_id = None
+-        consent = cookies.get('CONSENT')
+-        if consent:
+-            if 'YES' in consent.value:
+-                return
+-            consent_id = self._search_regex(
+-                r'PENDING\+(\d+)', consent.value, 'consent', default=None)
+-        if not consent_id:
+-            consent_id = random.randint(100, 999)
+-        self._set_cookie('.youtube.com', 'CONSENT', 'YES+cb.20210328-17-p0.en+FX+%s' % consent_id)
++        socs = cookies.get('SOCS')
++        if socs and not socs.value.startswith('CAA'):  # not consented
++            return
++        self._set_cookie('.youtube.com', 'SOCS', 'CAI', secure=True)  # accept all (required for mixes)
+ 
+     def _real_initialize(self):
+         self._initialize_consent()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 38fbd8ab..e14a70f0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ werkzeug==1.0.1;python_version<"3"
 # youtube_dl is not capable or willing to create a new release so have to install from git
 # youtube_dl==2021.12.17
 # dependabot cannot update this
-# git+https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git@26035bde46c0acc30dc053618451d9aeca4b7709#egg=youtube_dl
-https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/archive/26035bde46c0acc30dc053618451d9aeca4b7709.zip#egg=youtube_dl
+# git+https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl.git@1720c04dc56fa0d2caa0a455b1acbd569347482e#egg=youtube_dl
+# https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/archive/1720c04dc56fa0d2caa0a455b1acbd569347482e.zip#egg=youtube_dl
+https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/archive/00ef748cc0e35ee60efd0f7a00e373ab8d1af86b.zip#egg=youtube_dl
+# https://github.com/reenignearcher/youtube-dl/archive/fix-urllib2-missing-attribute.zip#egg=youtube_dl
 
 # required for websocket to pass tests
 pysocks==1.7.1;python_version<"3"