diff --git a/src/ui/Logic/Download/YtDlpDownloadService.cs b/src/ui/Logic/Download/YtDlpDownloadService.cs
index 1b3e9c4043e..43a8b01524d 100644
--- a/src/ui/Logic/Download/YtDlpDownloadService.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Logic/Download/YtDlpDownloadService.cs
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ public async Task DownloadYtDlp(IProgress<float>? progress, CancellationToken ca
     internal static async Task VerifyChecksumAsync(string filePath, string version, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
         var assetName = Path.GetFileName(filePath);
+        if (assetName.EndsWith(".part", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            assetName = assetName[..^".part".Length];
+        }
+
         if (!KnownSha256.TryGetValue(version, out var byAsset) ||
             !byAsset.TryGetValue(assetName, out var expected))
         {
diff --git a/tests/UI/Logic/Download/YtDlpDownloadServiceTests.cs b/tests/UI/Logic/Download/YtDlpDownloadServiceTests.cs
index c1781ba55d8..4431ba57c16 100644
--- a/tests/UI/Logic/Download/YtDlpDownloadServiceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/UI/Logic/Download/YtDlpDownloadServiceTests.cs
@@ -162,6 +162,26 @@ await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
         }
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task VerifyChecksumAsync_PartFile_Mismatch_ThrowsAndDeletesFile()
+    {
+        var dir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "VerifyPartMismatch_" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
+        var path = Path.Combine(dir, "yt-dlp.exe.part");
+        await File.WriteAllTextAsync(path, "this is not really yt-dlp", TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        try
+        {
+            await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
+                YtDlpDownloadService.VerifyChecksumAsync(path, YtDlpDownloadService.CurrentVersion, TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+
+            Assert.False(File.Exists(path), "A downloaded .part binary that fails verification must be deleted.");
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Directory.Delete(dir, recursive: true);
+        }
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task VerifyChecksumAsync_UnknownAsset_IsNoOp_AndKeepsFile()
     {