diff --git a/autoytarchive/utils.py b/autoytarchive/utils.py
index 9d70b3e..c391900 100644
--- a/autoytarchive/utils.py
+++ b/autoytarchive/utils.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+import sys
 import time
 import json
 import random
 import logging
 import feedparser
 from io import BytesIO
-from youtube_dl.extractor import youtube
+try:
+    from yt_dlp.extractor import youtube
+except Exception as e:
+    print(f'Failed to import yt_dlp due to {type(e).__name__}: {e}, importing youtube_dl', file=sys.stderr)
+    from youtube_dl.extractor import youtube
 from . import config, client, seen_videos
 
 youtube._try_get = _try_get = youtube.try_get
diff --git a/autoytarchive/workers.py b/autoytarchive/workers.py
index 66b7b1b..b54aa77 100644
--- a/autoytarchive/workers.py
+++ b/autoytarchive/workers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import re
 import os
+import sys
 import json
 import time
 import random
@@ -10,7 +11,11 @@ import traceback
 from io import BytesIO
 from decimal import Decimal
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
-from youtube_dl import YoutubeDL
+try:
+    from yt_dlp import YoutubeDL
+except Exception as e:
+    print(f'Failed to import yt_dlp due to {type(e).__name__}: {e}, importing youtube_dl', file=sys.stderr)
+    from youtube_dl import YoutubeDL
 from . import session, config, client, seen_videos
 from .utils import update_seen_videos, get_video_list
 from .cappedio import bopen
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f0d027e..d1656f1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-youtube-dl
+yt-dlp
 feedparser
 telethon
 aiohttp