diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 8da5ccc56..9e28e008f 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -785,6 +785,10 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
             'vcodec': 'h264',
             'acodec': 'aac',
         })
+        self.assertEqual(parse_codecs('av01.0.05M.08'), {
+            'vcodec': 'av01.0.05M.08',
+            'acodec': 'none',
+        })
 
     def test_escape_rfc3986(self):
         reserved = "!*'();:@&=+$,/?#[]"
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index bcfb72d43..e84d35d4d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -2477,7 +2477,7 @@ def parse_codecs(codecs_str):
     vcodec, acodec = None, None
     for full_codec in splited_codecs:
         codec = full_codec.split('.')[0]
-        if codec in ('avc1', 'avc2', 'avc3', 'avc4', 'vp9', 'vp8', 'hev1', 'hev2', 'h263', 'h264', 'mp4v', 'hvc1'):
+        if codec in ('avc1', 'avc2', 'avc3', 'avc4', 'vp9', 'vp8', 'hev1', 'hev2', 'h263', 'h264', 'mp4v', 'hvc1', 'av01'):
             if not vcodec:
                 vcodec = full_codec
         elif codec in ('mp4a', 'opus', 'vorbis', 'mp3', 'aac', 'ac-3', 'ec-3', 'eac3', 'dtsc', 'dtse', 'dtsh', 'dtsl'):