diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ComponentVideo.ts b/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ComponentVideo.ts
index 4288d25c4..be5fb6a49 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ComponentVideo.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom_components/model/ComponentVideo.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const yt = 'yt';
 const vi = 'vi';
 const ytnc = 'ytnc';
 const defProvider = 'so';
+export const YT_REFERRER_POLICY = 'strict-origin-when-cross-origin';
 
 const hasParam = (value: string) => value && value !== '0';
 
@@ -65,6 +66,24 @@ export default class ComponentVideo extends ComponentImage {
     }
   }
 
+  updateProviderAttributes() {
+    const { provider, attributes = {} } = this.attributes;
+    const attrs = { ...attributes };
+    let hasChanges = false;
+
+    if (provider === yt || provider === ytnc) {
+      if (!isDef(attrs.referrerpolicy)) {
+        attrs.referrerpolicy = YT_REFERRER_POLICY;
+        hasChanges = true;
+      }
+    } else if (attrs.referrerpolicy === YT_REFERRER_POLICY) {
+      delete attrs.referrerpolicy;
+      hasChanges = true;
+    }
+
+    hasChanges && this.setAttributes(attrs);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Update traits by provider
    * @private
@@ -88,6 +107,7 @@ export default class ComponentVideo extends ComponentImage {
         traits = this.getSourceTraits();
     }
 
+    this.updateProviderAttributes();
     this.set({ tagName }, { silent: true }); // avoid break in view
     // @ts-ignore
     this.set({ traits });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom_components/view/ComponentVideoView.ts b/packages/core/src/dom_components/view/ComponentVideoView.ts
index 68f0063d2..2bc8e036c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom_components/view/ComponentVideoView.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom_components/view/ComponentVideoView.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import ComponentVideo from '../model/ComponentVideo';
+import ComponentVideo, { YT_REFERRER_POLICY } from '../model/ComponentVideo';
 import ComponentImageView from './ComponentImageView';
 import ComponentView from './ComponentView';
 
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ export default class ComponentVideoView extends ComponentImageView<ComponentVide
   renderYoutube() {
     const el = document.createElement('iframe');
     el.src = this.model.getYoutubeSrc();
-    el.frameBorder = '0';
-    el.setAttribute('allowfullscreen', 'true');
+    this.updateYoutubeAttributes(el);
     this.initVideoEl(el);
     return el;
   }
@@ -126,8 +125,7 @@ export default class ComponentVideoView extends ComponentImageView<ComponentVide
   renderYoutubeNoCookie() {
     var el = document.createElement('iframe');
     el.src = this.model.getYoutubeNoCookieSrc();
-    el.frameBorder = '0';
-    el.setAttribute('allowfullscreen', 'true');
+    this.updateYoutubeAttributes(el);
     this.initVideoEl(el);
     return el;
   }
@@ -141,6 +139,12 @@ export default class ComponentVideoView extends ComponentImageView<ComponentVide
     return el;
   }
 
+  updateYoutubeAttributes(el: HTMLIFrameElement) {
+    el.frameBorder = '0';
+    el.setAttribute('allowfullscreen', 'true');
+    el.setAttribute('referrerpolicy', YT_REFERRER_POLICY);
+  }
+
   initVideoEl(el: HTMLElement) {
     el.className = this.ppfx + 'no-pointer';
     el.style.height = '100%';
diff --git a/packages/core/test/specs/dom_components/view/ComponentVideoView.ts b/packages/core/test/specs/dom_components/view/ComponentVideoView.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..829bef95a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/specs/dom_components/view/ComponentVideoView.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { setupTestEditor } from '../../../common';
+import { YT_REFERRER_POLICY } from '../../../../src/dom_components/model/ComponentVideo';
+
+describe('ComponentVideoView', () => {
+  const videoId = 'jNQXAC9IVRw';
+  let testEditor: ReturnType<typeof setupTestEditor>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    testEditor = setupTestEditor();
+  });
+
+  const appendVideo = (provider: 'yt' | 'ytnc') =>
+    testEditor.editor.getWrapper()!.append({
+      type: 'video',
+      provider,
+      videoId,
+    })[0];
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    testEditor.editor.destroy();
+  });
+
+  describe('YouTube', () => {
+    test.each([
+      ['yt', 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/'],
+      ['ytnc', 'https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/'],
+    ] as const)('renders %s with the required referrer policy', (provider, srcPrefix) => {
+      const component = appendVideo(provider);
+      const iframe = component.getEl()?.querySelector('iframe');
+
+      expect(component.getAttributes().referrerpolicy).toEqual(YT_REFERRER_POLICY);
+      expect(component.toHTML()).toContain(`referrerpolicy="${YT_REFERRER_POLICY}"`);
+      expect(iframe?.getAttribute('referrerpolicy')).toEqual(YT_REFERRER_POLICY);
+      expect(iframe?.getAttribute('src')).toContain(srcPrefix);
+    });
+
+    test('removes the default referrer policy when switching away from YouTube', () => {
+      const component = appendVideo('yt');
+
+      component.set('provider', 'vi');
+
+      expect(component.getAttributes().referrerpolicy).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+  });
+});