diff --git a/.changeset/fifty-balloons-wave.md b/.changeset/fifty-balloons-wave.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..518154a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fifty-balloons-wave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@astro-community/astro-embed-youtube': patch
+---
+
+Revert to `jpg` for `<YouTube>` poster
diff --git a/packages/astro-embed-youtube/YouTube.astro b/packages/astro-embed-youtube/YouTube.astro
index cfb4d107..0d4c0f5c 100644
--- a/packages/astro-embed-youtube/YouTube.astro
+++ b/packages/astro-embed-youtube/YouTube.astro
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const posterFile =
 		low: 'default',
 	}[posterQuality] || 'hqdefault';
 const posterURL =
-	poster || `https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/${videoid}/${posterFile}.webp`;
+	poster || `https://i.ytimg.com/vi/${videoid}/${posterFile}.jpg`;
 const href = `https://youtube.com/watch?v=${videoid}`;
 ---
 
diff --git a/tests/astro-embed-youtube.mjs b/tests/astro-embed-youtube.mjs
index b41e74bb..3116be21 100644
--- a/tests/astro-embed-youtube.mjs
+++ b/tests/astro-embed-youtube.mjs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ test('it should render a lite-youtube element', async () => {
 	assert.ok(embed);
 	assert.is(
 		embed.style['background-image'],
-		`url('https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/${videoid}/hqdefault.webp')`
+		`url('https://i.ytimg.com/vi/${videoid}/hqdefault.jpg')`
 	);
 	// It renders a static link to the video.
 	const playButton = /** @type {HTMLAnchorElement} */ (
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ test('it can render a lower resolution poster image', async () => {
 	assert.ok(embed);
 	assert.is(
 		embed.style['background-image'],
-		`url('https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/${videoid}/default.webp')`
+		`url('https://i.ytimg.com/vi/${videoid}/default.jpg')`
 	);
 });