diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/comments.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/comments.py
index 794cbc35..4c057f65 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/comments.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/comments.py
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ class Comments:
                 "youtube": {
                     "max_comments": max_comments_list,
                     "comment_sort": [comment_sort],
-                    "player_client": ["ios", "web"],  # workaround yt-dlp #9554
                 }
             },
         }
diff --git a/tubearchivist/requirements.txt b/tubearchivist/requirements.txt
index 61693f9f..2d4d455e 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/requirements.txt
+++ b/tubearchivist/requirements.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ requests==2.32.3
 ryd-client==0.0.6
 uWSGI==2.0.28
 whitenoise==6.8.2
-yt-dlp[default]==2025.1.12
+yt-dlp[default]==2025.1.15