diff --git a/nixpacks.toml b/nixpacks.toml
index 2b62187fdc..a6d9a27831 100644
--- a/nixpacks.toml
+++ b/nixpacks.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 [phases.setup]
-nixPkgs = ["nodejs_22", "openssl", "chromium"]
+nixPkgs = ["nodejs_22", "openssl", "chromium", "python3", "python3Packages.pip"]
 aptPkgs = ["ffmpeg", "libnss3", "libatk1.0-0", "libatk-bridge2.0-0", "libcups2", "libgbm1", "libasound2t64", "libpangocairo-1.0-0", "libxss1", "libgtk-3-0", "libxshmfence1", "libglu1"]
 
 [phases.install]
 cmds = [
     "npm install -g corepack@latest && corepack enable",
     "pnpm i --frozen-lockfile",
+    "pip3 install --break-system-packages yt-dlp",
     "export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH"
 ]