diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
index 0ad3272aa3..2138dc94c7 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a broken site
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.01.21**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.02.03**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
           required: true
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ body:
         [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
         [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.01.21 (exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.02.03 (exe)
         [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
         [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.01.21)
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.02.03)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
index c1d7060362..f994099977 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a new site support request
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.01.21**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.02.03**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
           required: true
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ body:
         [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
         [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.01.21 (exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.02.03 (exe)
         [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
         [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.01.21)
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.02.03)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
index a371f1011b..0874138758 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a site feature request
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.01.21**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.02.03**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
           required: true
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ body:
         [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
         [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.01.21 (exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.02.03 (exe)
         [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
         [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.01.21)
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.02.03)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
index 5e791c8a31..fe4c8e571f 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a bug unrelated to a specific site
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.01.21**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.02.03**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
           required: true
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ body:
         [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
         [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.01.21 (exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.02.03 (exe)
         [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
         [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.01.21)
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.02.03)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
index 3f1293d2c4..f7aaff3654 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ body:
           required: true
         - label: I've looked through the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme)
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.01.21**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.02.03**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
           required: true
         - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
           required: true
diff --git a/yt_dlp/version.py b/yt_dlp/version.py
index a2d6ebf711..bc8c414f4d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/version.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Autogenerated by devscripts/update-version.py
 
-__version__ = '2022.01.21'
+__version__ = '2022.02.03'
 
-RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = 'f20d607b0'
+RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '28469edd7'