diff --git a/scripts/desktop/prepare-vlc-linux.sh b/scripts/desktop/prepare-vlc-linux.sh
index dae1c9255d..a798fd6fc9 100755
--- a/scripts/desktop/prepare-vlc-linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/desktop/prepare-vlc-linux.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ vlc_dir=$root_dir/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/cpp/desktop/libs/linu
 
 mkdir $vlc_dir || exit 0
 
+vlc_tag='v3.0.21-1'
+vlc_url="https://github.com/simplex-chat/vlc/releases/download/${vlc_tag}/vlc-linux-x86_64.appimage"
 
 cd /tmp
 mkdir tmp 2>/dev/null || true
 cd tmp
-curl --tlsv1.2 https://github.com/cmatomic/VLCplayer-AppImage/releases/download/3.0.11.1/VLC_media_player-3.0.11.1-x86_64.AppImage -L -o appimage
+curl --tlsv1.2 "${vlc_url}" -L -o appimage
 chmod +x appimage
 ./appimage --appimage-extract
 cp -r squashfs-root/usr/lib/* $vlc_dir
diff --git a/scripts/desktop/prepare-vlc-mac.sh b/scripts/desktop/prepare-vlc-mac.sh
index 288b5a1a7d..4db2983f67 100755
--- a/scripts/desktop/prepare-vlc-mac.sh
+++ b/scripts/desktop/prepare-vlc-mac.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ if [ "$ARCH" == "arm64" ]; then
 else
     vlc_arch=intel64
 fi
-vlc_version=3.0.19
+
+vlc_tag='v3.0.21-1'
+vlc_url="https://github.com/simplex-chat/vlc/releases/download/${vlc_tag}/vlc-macos-${ARCH}.zip"
 
 function readlink() {
   echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")"; pwd -P)"
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ mkdir -p $vlc_dir/vlc || exit 0
 cd /tmp
 mkdir tmp 2>/dev/null || true
 cd tmp
-curl --tlsv1.2 https://github.com/simplex-chat/vlc/releases/download/v$vlc_version/vlc-macos-$ARCH.zip -L -o vlc
+curl --tlsv1.2 "${vlc_url}" -L -o vlc
 unzip -oqq vlc
 install_name_tool -add_rpath "@loader_path/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/lib" vlc-cache-gen
 cd VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/lib
diff --git a/scripts/desktop/prepare-vlc-windows.sh b/scripts/desktop/prepare-vlc-windows.sh
index 7d2a71a952..4e65528ca0 100644
--- a/scripts/desktop/prepare-vlc-windows.sh
+++ b/scripts/desktop/prepare-vlc-windows.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ vlc_dir=$root_dir/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/cpp/desktop/libs/wind
 rm -rf $vlc_dir
 mkdir -p $vlc_dir/vlc || exit 0
 
+vlc_tag='v3.0.21-1'
+vlc_url="https://github.com/simplex-chat/vlc/releases/download/${vlc_tag}/vlc-win-x86_64.zip"
+
 cd /tmp
 mkdir tmp 2>/dev/null || true
 cd tmp
-curl --tlsv1.2 https://irltoolkit.mm.fcix.net/videolan-ftp/vlc/3.0.18/win64/vlc-3.0.18-win64.zip -L -o vlc
+curl --tlsv1.2 "${vlc_url}" -L -o vlc
 $WINDIR\\System32\\tar.exe -xf vlc
 cd vlc-*
 # Setting the same date as the date that will be on the file after extraction from JAR to make VLC cache checker happy