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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ To install it right away for all UNIX users (Linux, OS X, etc.), type:
 
 If you do not have curl, you can alternatively use a recent wget:
 
-    sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/2014.05.13/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+    sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
     sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
 
 Windows users can [download a .exe file](https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl.exe) and place it in their home directory or any other location on their [PATH](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_%28variable%29).