diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0f56574e21736..5b9e16c32d6dd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     "vue-observe-visibility": "^1.0.0",
     "vue-router": "^3.6.5",
     "vuex": "^3.6.2",
-    "youtubei.js": "^11.0.1"
+    "youtubei.js": "^12.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.26.0",
diff --git a/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js b/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js
index af83d531b8a55..9b1e3b07ac991 100644
--- a/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js
+++ b/src/renderer/helpers/api/local.js
@@ -658,6 +658,8 @@ export function parseLocalChannelHeader(channel, onlyIdNameThumbnail = false) {
           const image = header.content.image
           thumbnailUrl = image.avatar?.image[0].url
         }
+      } else if (header.content.animated_image) {
+        thumbnailUrl = header.content.animated_image.image[0].url
       }
 
       if (!thumbnailUrl && channel.metadata.thumbnail) {
@@ -1131,7 +1133,7 @@ export function parseLocalListVideo(item) {
       author: video.author.name,
       authorId: video.author.id,
       description: video.description,
-      viewCount: video.view_count == null ? (video.short_view_count.text == null ? null : parseLocalSubscriberCount(video.short_view_count.text)) : extractNumberFromString(video.view_count.text),
+      viewCount: video.view_count?.text == null ? (video.short_view_count.text == null ? null : parseLocalSubscriberCount(video.short_view_count.text)) : extractNumberFromString(video.view_count.text),
       published,
       lengthSeconds: isNaN(video.duration.seconds) ? '' : video.duration.seconds,
       liveNow: video.is_live,
@@ -1503,7 +1505,7 @@ export function mapLocalLegacyFormat(format) {
 }
 
 /**
- * @param {import('youtubei.js').YTNodes.Comment|import('youtubei.js').YTNodes.CommentView} comment
+ * @param {import('youtubei.js').YTNodes.CommentView} comment
  * @param {import('youtubei.js').YTNodes.CommentThread} commentThread
  */
 export function parseLocalComment(comment, commentThread = undefined) {
@@ -1517,7 +1519,7 @@ export function parseLocalComment(comment, commentThread = undefined) {
     hasReplyToken = true
   }
 
-  const parsed = {
+  return {
     id: comment.comment_id,
     dataType: 'local',
     authorLink: comment.author.id,
@@ -1534,33 +1536,11 @@ export function parseLocalComment(comment, commentThread = undefined) {
     replyToken,
     showReplies: false,
     replies: [],
-
-    // default values for the properties set below
-    memberIconUrl: '',
-    time: '',
-    likes: 0,
-    numReplies: 0
-  }
-
-  if (comment.type === 'Comment') {
-    /** @type {import('youtubei.js').YTNodes.Comment} */
-    const comment_ = comment
-
-    parsed.memberIconUrl = comment_.is_member ? comment_.sponsor_comment_badge.custom_badge[0].url : ''
-    parsed.time = getRelativeTimeFromDate(calculatePublishedDate(comment_.published.text.replace('(edited)', '').trim()), false)
-    parsed.likes = comment_.vote_count
-    parsed.numReplies = comment_.reply_count
-  } else {
-    /** @type {import('youtubei.js').YTNodes.CommentView} */
-    const commentView = comment
-
-    parsed.memberIconUrl = commentView.is_member ? commentView.member_badge.url : ''
-    parsed.time = getRelativeTimeFromDate(calculatePublishedDate(commentView.published_time.replace('(edited)', '').trim()), false)
-    parsed.likes = commentView.like_count
-    parsed.numReplies = parseLocalSubscriberCount(commentView.reply_count)
+    memberIconUrl: comment.is_member ? comment.member_badge.url : '',
+    time: getRelativeTimeFromDate(calculatePublishedDate(comment.published_time.replace('(edited)', '').trim()), false),
+    likes: comment.like_count,
+    numReplies: parseLocalSubscriberCount(comment.reply_count)
   }
-
-  return parsed
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index dba470f88403a..f237163466167 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5845,10 +5845,10 @@ jest-worker@^29.7.0:
     merge-stream "^2.0.0"
     supports-color "^8.0.0"
 
-jintr@^3.0.2:
-  version "3.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jintr/-/jintr-3.0.2.tgz#633ecc8da930d25f5004697acb5af4ff36628f26"
-  integrity sha512-5g2EBudeJFOopjAX4exAv5OCCW1DgUISfoioCsm1h9Q9HJ41LmnZ6J52PCsqBlQihsmp0VDuxreAVzM7yk5nFA==
+jintr@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jintr/-/jintr-3.1.0.tgz#5d4ec7ba695dfae3cc3f487545939a4ed1ad69b8"
+  integrity sha512-azhCHApkRfBH8INpiUCwKBYaNCdB5G+x3NApsI2MxQXSlgFAx7rap3YwE3JAkN08GO8f3ilZsGB0Yvc+412ntQ==
   dependencies:
     acorn "^8.8.0"
 
@@ -9656,12 +9656,12 @@ yocto-queue@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yocto-queue/-/yocto-queue-1.0.0.tgz#7f816433fb2cbc511ec8bf7d263c3b58a1a3c251"
   integrity sha512-9bnSc/HEW2uRy67wc+T8UwauLuPJVn28jb+GtJY16iiKWyvmYJRXVT4UamsAEGQfPohgr2q4Tq0sQbQlxTfi1g==
 
-youtubei.js@^11.0.1:
-  version "11.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/youtubei.js/-/youtubei.js-11.0.1.tgz#5729bbf2df8dff58c3555140d23ae83c458f0b34"
-  integrity sha512-ZsbOd+5XF2Ofi3FrLMfYd+f9g9H8xswlouFhjhOqbwT68dMJtX6CRGsHNj5VTFCR/+L/865x1lnUlllB2dDDTA==
+youtubei.js@^12.0.0:
+  version "12.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/youtubei.js/-/youtubei.js-12.0.0.tgz#a36159918bf3e255a052d42afc9ca9c0f8c82a8c"
+  integrity sha512-pGmVb1I9b2gseqmuMx+BCajzVUi04+r+8zxj4Fk/iQaGQGvBCbY87Tu9mdvEgIQYTkkb4Fza7GZGrH9AjYNbrw==
   dependencies:
     "@bufbuild/protobuf" "^2.0.0"
-    jintr "^3.0.2"
+    jintr "^3.1.0"
     tslib "^2.5.0"
     undici "^5.19.1"