diff --git a/internal/dl/dl.go b/internal/dl/dl.go
index eb83f73..7c67ddb 100644
--- a/internal/dl/dl.go
+++ b/internal/dl/dl.go
@@ -25,6 +25,53 @@ type Download struct {
 	Metadata bool
 }
 
+func PipxUpgrade() error {
+	cmd := exec.Command("pipx", "upgrade-all")
+
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pipx upgrade stdout: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	stderr, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pipx upgrade stderr: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Println("[pipx] running pipx upgrade-all")
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(2)
+
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
+		for scanner.Scan() {
+			log.Printf("[pipx] %s\n", scanner.Text())
+		}
+	}()
+
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stderr)
+		for scanner.Scan() {
+			log.Printf("[pipx] %s\n", scanner.Text())
+		}
+	}()
+
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pipx upgrade start: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pipx upgrade failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func Youtube(d Download, p config.Provider) {
 	if p.Bgutil_server != "" && p.Po_token != "" {
 		log.Fatal("please only provide bgutil_server OR po_token, not both")
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 57b83d9..9daca10 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ 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"]
 
 	opml, err := format.OpmlLoad(provider.Opml_file)