diff --git a/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest b/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest
index c8cc839141770..a906d4df8b883 100644
--- a/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest
+++ b/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST yt-dlp-2025.08.22.tar.gz 6018476 BLAKE2B 0c82500067d6c8366d29b40d0ff1f7996ea25cf242b263fa0fc9bed1489b73f02a2ce11a980d93085b97b92df12d44d75cfedc4dc3a218ae9616236fc960b0ad SHA512 a4afbdb854d2775d317eb46e2d7537c0e620070eef615473d39f4cb10c3c62976d3d189432153c1d5008c2e377ed796d94ff5eb1a47da4331e44ff4a9ffe4e2d
 DIST yt-dlp-2025.08.27.tar.gz 6018553 BLAKE2B b686898a0ad2dfd35f98dd9e9d632b9d0386acbb42229817b2e31eea7e509fe9bdb6b1ba88d4e5a84f324e06214a6b27b4b37fe2aaf53f8e4c1f4b9ddd7ecf47 SHA512 91b14c0bc3571fe6ae15bfe7c36bac6e778d9f553c56c79deb7a770b1c94de2a5b9fdcbf1771ced2e50c3bb470a9946338460cbdfc91e5d28b1fd73107873ef0
+DIST yt-dlp-2025.09.05.tar.gz 6033079 BLAKE2B 39c75cfaae0093ec1c4fb153a625f7d7e555822d9838354ceae05890b26b5af3f7937b32e619849a6fa078c1b3d64ea2449df8a69e5343eb055243a36fb31c19 SHA512 1f5cb05f1514aaebcc62fd75fd420664785d0e7d272c880a4d7a91c9f2ce1fbf381a94404a6312abac23ac2a4f5b75ae6f266381fec67ee972f8d43ed892368f
diff --git a/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2025.09.05.ebuild b/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2025.09.05.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..14} )
+inherit distutils-r1 optfeature shell-completion wrapper
+
+DESCRIPTION="youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/${PV}/${PN}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.tar.gz
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${PN}
+
+LICENSE="Unlicense"
+SLOT="0"
+# note that yt-dlp bumps are typically done straight-to-stable (unless there
+# was major/breaking changes) given website changes breaks it on a whim
+KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/pycryptodome[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? ( media-video/ffmpeg[webp] )
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# fails with FEATURES=network-sandbox
+		test/test_networking.py::TestHTTPRequestHandler::test_connect_timeout
+		# fails with FEATURES=distcc, bug #915614
+		test/test_networking.py::TestYoutubeDLNetworking::test_proxy\[None-expected2\]
+		# websockets tests break easily depending on dev-python/websockets
+		# version and, as far as I know, most users do not use/need it --
+		# thus being neither in RDEPEND nor optfeature (bug #940630,#950030)
+		test/test_websockets.py
+	)
+
+	epytest -m 'not download'
+}
+
+python_install_all() {
+	dodoc README.md Changelog.md supportedsites.md
+	doman yt-dlp.1
+
+	dobashcomp completions/bash/yt-dlp
+	dofishcomp completions/fish/yt-dlp.fish
+	dozshcomp completions/zsh/_yt-dlp
+
+	rm -r "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/yt_dlp || die
+
+	make_wrapper youtube-dl "yt-dlp --compat-options youtube-dl"
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "various features (merging tracks, streamed content)" media-video/ffmpeg
+	has_version media-video/atomicparsley || # allow fallback but don't advertise
+		optfeature "embedding metadata thumbnails in MP4/M4A files" media-libs/mutagen
+	optfeature "decrypting cookies from Chromium-based browsers" dev-python/secretstorage
+
+	if [[ ! ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]]; then
+		elog 'A wrapper using "yt-dlp --compat-options youtube-dl" was installed'
+		elog 'as "youtube-dl". This is strictly for compatibility and it is'
+		elog 'recommended to use "yt-dlp" directly, it may be removed in the future.'
+	fi
+}