diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4ea164..51e65e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Audiosync is only available on Linux for now. It's strongly recommended to use M
 * FFTW: `libfftw3` on Debian-based distros.
 * ffmpeg: `ffmpeg` on most repositories. It must be available on your path.
 * pulseaudio: `pulseaudio`, pre-installed on most repos.
-* youtube-dl: this is installed by default with Vidify, but make sure it's available on your path.
+* yt-dlp: this is installed by default with Vidify, but make sure it's available on your path.
 
 It's also available as [`vidify-audiosync`](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vidify-audiosync) on the AUR, and it comes pre-installed in the binaries.
 
diff --git a/dev/build_requires.txt b/dev/build_requires.txt
index ed682fd..a8bbc30 100644
--- a/dev/build_requires.txt
+++ b/dev/build_requires.txt
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ QtPy
 SwSpotify>=1.1.1; platform_system == "Windows" or platform_system == "Darwin"
 tekore < 2.0
 vidify-audiosync == 0.2.*
-youtube-dl
+yt-dlp
 zeroconf
diff --git a/dev/snapcraft.yaml b/dev/snapcraft.yaml
index a5446de..00d2aae 100644
--- a/dev/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/dev/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ parts:
       - python3-pyqt5
       - python3-appdirs
       - python3-pydbus
-      - youtube-dl
+      - yt-dlp
       # Mpv is used by default because it's lighter and works better
       # with the audiosync feature.
       - libmpv-dev
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3fdb656..9b1c093 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ install_deps = [
     # Base package
     'QtPy',
     'lyricwikia',
-    'youtube-dl',
+    'yt-dlp',
     'appdirs',
     'qdarkstyle',
     'dataclasses; python_version<"3.7"',
diff --git a/vidify/player/mpv.py b/vidify/player/mpv.py
index 4b92571..68bd1a5 100644
--- a/vidify/player/mpv.py
+++ b/vidify/player/mpv.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, 'C')
 
 class MpvPlayer(PlayerBase):
     # The audio is always muted, which is needed because not all the
-    # youtube-dl videos are silent. The keep-open flag stops mpv from closing
+    # yt-dlp videos are silent. The keep-open flag stops mpv from closing
     # after the video is over.
     DEFAULT_FLAGS = ['mute']
     DEFAULT_ARGS = {
diff --git a/vidify/player/vlc.py b/vidify/player/vlc.py
index 6a0bec7..a7c9ec0 100644
--- a/vidify/player/vlc.py
+++ b/vidify/player/vlc.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class VLCPlayer(PlayerBase):
         else:
             vlc_args += " --quiet"
         # The audio is always muted, which is needed because not all the
-        # youtube-dl videos are silent.
+        # yt-dlp videos are silent.
         # Needed for the audiosync feature: set the Group of Pictures size to
         # one, so that seeking is more precise.
         vlc_args += " --no-audio --sout-x264-min-keyint 1"
diff --git a/vidify/youtube.py b/vidify/youtube.py
index 1b23bfb..b959f34 100644
--- a/vidify/youtube.py
+++ b/vidify/youtube.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-This module uses youtube-dl to obtain the actual URL of a YouTube link.
+This module uses yt-dlp to obtain the actual URL of a YouTube link.
 That way, the video can be played directly with a video player like VLC
 or mpv.
 """
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ or mpv.
 import logging
 from typing import Optional
 
-from youtube_dl import YoutubeDL
+from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
 from qtpy.QtCore import QObject, Signal
 
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class YouTubeDLWorker(QObject):
 
     def get_url(self) -> None:
         """
-        Getting the youtube direct link with youtube-dl, intended to be used
+        Getting the youtube direct link with yt-dlp, intended to be used
         with a QThread. It's guaranteed that either a success signal or a
         fail signal will be emitted.
         """
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ class YouTubeDLWorker(QObject):
             except Exception as e:
                 # Any kind of error has to be caught, so that it doesn't only
                 # send the error signal when the download wasn't successful
-                # (a DownloadError from youtube_dl).
-                logging.info("YouTube-dl wasn't able to obtain the video: %s",
+                # (a DownloadError from yt_dlp).
+                logging.info("yt-dlp wasn't able to obtain the video: %s",
                              str(e))
                 self.fail.emit()
             else:
                 if len(data['entries']) == 0:
-                    logging.info("YouTube-dl returned no entries")
+                    logging.info("yt-dlp returned no entries")
                     self.fail.emit()
                 else:
                     self.success.emit(data)