diff --git a/internal/dl/dl.go b/internal/dl/dl.go
index 7c67ddb..a51a9af 100644
--- a/internal/dl/dl.go
+++ b/internal/dl/dl.go
@@ -25,20 +25,64 @@ type Download struct {
 	Metadata bool
 }
 
-func PipxUpgrade() error {
-	cmd := exec.Command("pipx", "upgrade-all")
+func UpgradeYtDlp(cmd string) error {
+	resolved, err := resolveYtDlpPath(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
+	if strings.Contains(resolved, filepath.Join("pipx", "venvs")) {
+		return runLoggedCommand("pipx", exec.Command("pipx", "upgrade-all"))
+	}
+
+	return runLoggedCommand("yt-dlp", exec.Command(resolved, "--update"))
+}
+
+func resolveYtDlpPath(cmd string) (string, error) {
+	if cmd == "" {
+		cmd = "yt-dlp"
+	}
+
+	if filepath.IsAbs(cmd) {
+		return evalPath(cmd)
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(cmd, string(os.PathSeparator)) {
+		abs, err := filepath.Abs(cmd)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("resolve yt-dlp path: %w", err)
+		}
+		return evalPath(abs)
+	}
+
+	located, err := exec.LookPath(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("locate yt-dlp: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return evalPath(located)
+}
+
+func evalPath(path string) (string, error) {
+	resolved, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("resolve yt-dlp symlink: %w", err)
+	}
+	return resolved, nil
+}
+
+func runLoggedCommand(tag string, cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
 	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("pipx upgrade stdout: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s stdout: %w", tag, err)
 	}
 
 	stderr, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("pipx upgrade stderr: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s stderr: %w", tag, err)
 	}
 
-	log.Println("[pipx] running pipx upgrade-all")
+	log.Printf("[%s] running %s %v\n", tag, cmd.Path, cmd.Args[1:])
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(2)
@@ -47,7 +91,10 @@ func PipxUpgrade() error {
 		defer wg.Done()
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
 		for scanner.Scan() {
-			log.Printf("[pipx] %s\n", scanner.Text())
+			log.Printf("[%s] %s\n", tag, scanner.Text())
+		}
+		if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[%s] stdout error: %v\n", tag, err)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -55,18 +102,21 @@ func PipxUpgrade() error {
 		defer wg.Done()
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stderr)
 		for scanner.Scan() {
-			log.Printf("[pipx] %s\n", scanner.Text())
+			log.Printf("[%s] %s\n", tag, scanner.Text())
+		}
+		if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[%s] stderr error: %v\n", tag, err)
 		}
 	}()
 
 	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("pipx upgrade start: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s start: %w", tag, err)
 	}
 
 	wg.Wait()
 
 	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("pipx upgrade failed: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s failed: %w", tag, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9daca10..14a257b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 func run(cfg config.Config) {
-	if err := dl.PipxUpgrade(); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("failed to upgrade pipx packages: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	provider := cfg.Provider["youtube"]
 
+	if err := dl.UpgradeYtDlp(provider.Cmd); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to ensure yt-dlp is up to date: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	opml, err := format.OpmlLoad(provider.Opml_file)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)