diff --git a/provider-middleware/Dockerfile b/provider-middleware/Dockerfile
index 5f34919d..aeb2cae7 100644
--- a/provider-middleware/Dockerfile
+++ b/provider-middleware/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 ARG FFMPEG_VERSION=7.1
 ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.23.2
-ARG YTDLP_VERSION=2024.12.06
+# TODO The following variable needs to be reworked as it does not work within a shell curl command maybe
+ARG YTDLP_VERSION=2024.12.23
 
 FROM mwader/static-ffmpeg:$FFMPEG_VERSION AS ffmpeg
 
 FROM golang:$GOLANG_VERSION AS yt-dlp
-RUN curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/$YTDLP_VERSION/yt-dlp -o /yt-dlp && chmod a+x /yt-dlp
+RUN curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/2024.12.23/yt-dlp -o /yt-dlp && chmod a+x /yt-dlp
 
 FROM golang:$GOLANG_VERSION-alpine as builder
 WORKDIR /app
diff --git a/provider-middleware/dev.Dockerfile b/provider-middleware/dev.Dockerfile
index 0e444591..05cc397d 100644
--- a/provider-middleware/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/provider-middleware/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 ARG FFMPEG_VERSION=7.1
 ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.23.2
-ARG YTDLP_VERSION=2024.12.06
+# TODO The following variable needs to be reworked as it does not work within the shell curl command maybe
+ARG YTDLP_VERSION=2024.12.23
 
 FROM mwader/static-ffmpeg:$FFMPEG_VERSION AS ffmpeg
 
 FROM golang:$GOLANG_VERSION AS yt-dlp
-RUN curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/$YTDLP_VERSION/yt-dlp -o /yt-dlp && chmod a+x /yt-dlp
+RUN curl -L https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/2024.12.23/yt-dlp -o /yt-dlp && chmod a+x /yt-dlp
 
 FROM golang:$GOLANG_VERSION-alpine as builder
 WORKDIR /app