From 7937a139cf3e1e1ccd1b277f18ab73fc6dec06a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Deltadroid <syphyr@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [fd/external] `curl`: Support development versions (#16922)

Authored by: syphyr
---
 yt_dlp/downloader/external.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py b/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
index 2f127c0f87..2c62f1dd38 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/downloader/external.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class CurlFD(ExternalFD):
             return False
 
         cls.exe = path
-        cls._curl_version = version_tuple(parts[1])
+        cls._curl_version = version_tuple(parts[1], lenient=True)
         return path
 
     def _make_cmd(self, tmpfilename, info_dict):