diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/dev-build.yaml
index 29c49b08..8c077a9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-build.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: ['fix-scraper-esm-bug'] # put your current branch to create a build. Core team only.
+    branches: ['upgrade-yt-scraper'] # put your current branch to create a build. Core team only.
     paths-ignore:
       - '**.md'
       - 'cloud-deployments/*'
diff --git a/collector/__tests__/utils/extensions/YoutubeTranscript/YoutubeLoader/youtube-transcript.test.js b/collector/__tests__/utils/extensions/YoutubeTranscript/YoutubeLoader/youtube-transcript.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ed2e5f20..00000000
--- a/collector/__tests__/utils/extensions/YoutubeTranscript/YoutubeLoader/youtube-transcript.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-process.env.STORAGE_DIR = "test-storage"; // needed for tests to run
-const { YoutubeTranscript } = require("../../../../../utils/extensions/YoutubeTranscript/YoutubeLoader/youtube-transcript.js");
-
-describe("YoutubeTranscript", () => {
-  if (process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS) {
-    console.log("Skipping YoutubeTranscript test in GitHub Actions as the URLs will not resolve.");
-    it('is stubbed in GitHub Actions', () => expect(true).toBe(true));
-  } else {
-    it("should fetch transcript from YouTube video", async () => {
-      const videoId = "BJjsfNO5JTo";
-      const transcript = await YoutubeTranscript.fetchTranscript(videoId, {
-        lang: "en",
-      });
-
-      expect(transcript).toBeDefined();
-      expect(typeof transcript).toBe("string");
-      expect(transcript.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-      console.log("First 200 characters:", transcript.substring(0, 200) + "...");
-    }, 30000);
-
-    it("should fetch non asr transcript from YouTube video", async () => {
-      const videoId = "D111ao6wWH0";
-      const transcript = await YoutubeTranscript.fetchTranscript(videoId, {
-        lang: "zh-HK",
-      });
-
-      expect(transcript).toBeDefined();
-      expect(typeof transcript).toBe("string");
-      expect(transcript.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-      console.log("First 200 characters:", transcript.substring(0, 200) + "...");
-    }, 30000);
-  }
-});
diff --git a/collector/package.json b/collector/package.json
index 6ce51151..745d7685 100644
--- a/collector/package.json
+++ b/collector/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "uuid": "^9.0.0",
     "wavefile": "^11.0.0",
     "winston": "^3.13.0",
+    "youtube-transcript-plus": "^1.1.2",
     "youtubei.js": "^9.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/collector/utils/extensions/YoutubeTranscript/YoutubeLoader/index.js b/collector/utils/extensions/YoutubeTranscript/YoutubeLoader/index.js
index 45376449..14a46396 100644
--- a/collector/utils/extensions/YoutubeTranscript/YoutubeLoader/index.js
+++ b/collector/utils/extensions/YoutubeTranscript/YoutubeLoader/index.js
@@ -54,13 +54,15 @@ class YoutubeLoader {
       source: this.#videoId,
     };
     try {
-      const { YoutubeTranscript } = require("./youtube-transcript");
-      transcript = await YoutubeTranscript.fetchTranscript(this.#videoId, {
+      const fetchTranscript = await import("youtube-transcript-plus").then(
+        (module) => module.fetchTranscript
+      );
+      const transcriptSegments = await fetchTranscript(this.#videoId, {
         lang: this.#language,
       });
-      if (!transcript) {
+      if (!transcriptSegments || transcriptSegments.length === 0)
         throw new Error("Transcription not found");
-      }
+      transcript = this.#convertTranscriptSegmentsToText(transcriptSegments);
       if (this.#addVideoInfo) {
         const { Innertube } = require("youtubei.js");
         const youtube = await Innertube.create();
@@ -82,6 +84,16 @@ class YoutubeLoader {
       },
     ];
   }
+
+  #convertTranscriptSegmentsToText(transcriptSegments) {
+    return transcriptSegments
+      .map((segment) =>
+        typeof segment === "string" ? segment : segment.text || ""
+      )
+      .join(" ")
+      .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+      .trim();
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports.YoutubeLoader = YoutubeLoader;
diff --git a/collector/yarn.lock b/collector/yarn.lock
index e8b7cb61..82ec934e 100644
--- a/collector/yarn.lock
+++ b/collector/yarn.lock
@@ -3908,6 +3908,11 @@ yauzl@^2.10.0, yauzl@^2.4.2:
     buffer-crc32 "~0.2.3"
     fd-slicer "~1.1.0"
 
+youtube-transcript-plus@^1.1.2:
+  version "1.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/youtube-transcript-plus/-/youtube-transcript-plus-1.1.2.tgz#f86851852a056088c11f4f6523ab0f8dba7d9711"
+  integrity sha512-bLlqkA6gVVUorZpcc+THuECXyAwOpnHqW2lOav9g6gGovxAP3FCD8s9GBFVjmSl3cWWwwPPXtG/zY1nD+GvQ7A==
+
 youtubei.js@^9.1.0:
   version "9.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/youtubei.js/-/youtubei.js-9.4.0.tgz#ccccaf4a295b96e3e17134a66730bbc82461594b"