diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix
index c4cba5ffc69..88a6a52d5e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/help2man/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perlPackages, gettext }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "help2man-1.47.11";
+  name = "help2man-1.47.12";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/help2man/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "123vsimgx8zq1h077sbyh3bd0hbmlc3wih2231wwh133z1bv51ar";
+    sha256 = "0q5ixbxz1v7wqnpg4bq7k7nbv9ssnmcvdbqsq5ycjvniz56ac2vx";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gettext perlPackages.LocaleGettext ];