diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9da16f3..fb24a19 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Each release is tagged in Git and on the Docker repository
     before.
 *   fix [#147](https://github.com/scottlamb/moonfire-nvr/issues/147): confusing
     `nvr init` failures when using very old versions of SQLite.
+*   improve compatibility with Reolink cameras when using the default
+    `--rtsp-library=retina`.
 
 ## `v0.6.5` (2021-08-13)
 
diff --git a/server/Cargo.lock b/server/Cargo.lock
index 1e57373..60381e6 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.lock
+++ b/server/Cargo.lock
@@ -1870,9 +1870,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "retina"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "90f1c5358f01c77609ea1b56b86b96ff3b14e2f535bdd51fc214144cf266738b"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/scottlamb/retina#6155d4ebcfe61ee92b1e7ebb5525436e89f23bf3"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bitreader",
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index ee6b275..d1573b7 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ nom = "6.0.0"
 parking_lot = { version = "0.11.1", features = [] }
 protobuf = { git = "https://github.com/stepancheg/rust-protobuf" }
 reffers = "0.6.0"
-retina = "0.1.0"
+retina = { git = "https://github.com/scottlamb/retina" }
 ring = "0.16.2"
 rusqlite = "0.25.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/server/src/stream.rs b/server/src/stream.rs
index 899666f..798c26c 100644
--- a/server/src/stream.rs
+++ b/server/src/stream.rs
@@ -383,7 +383,14 @@ impl RetinaOpener {
         ),
         Error,
     > {
-        let mut session = retina::client::Session::describe(url, creds).await?;
+        let mut session = retina::client::Session::describe(
+            url,
+            retina::client::SessionOptions::default()
+                .creds(creds)
+                .user_agent("Moonfire NVR".to_owned())
+                .ignore_spurious_data(true), // TODO: make this configurable.
+        )
+        .await?;
         let (video_i, mut video_params) = session
             .streams()
             .iter()
@@ -394,7 +401,7 @@ impl RetinaOpener {
             })
             .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("couldn't find H.264 video stream"))?;
         session.setup(video_i).await?;
-        let session = session.play(retina::client::PlayPolicy::default()).await?;
+        let session = session.play(retina::client::PlayOptions::default()).await?;
         let mut session = Box::pin(session.demuxed()?);
 
         // First frame.