diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index de7ff3258..24fca3f84 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -2977,7 +2977,7 @@ def process_language(container, base_url, lang_code, sub_name, query):
                         continue
                     process_language(
                         subtitles, base_url, lang_code,
-                        traverse_obj(caption_track, ('name', 'simpleText')),
+                        traverse_obj(caption_track, ('name', 'simpleText'), ('name', 'runs', ..., 'text'), get_all=False),
                         {})
                     continue
                 automatic_captions = {}