diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/default.nix
index deef141c5df..869db46ede0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 assert guileBindings -> guile != null;
 let
-  version = "3.6.11.1";
+  version = "3.6.12";
 
   # XXX: Gnulib's `test-select' fails on FreeBSD:
   # http://hydra.nixos.org/build/2962084/nixlog/1/raw .
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnupg/gnutls/v3.6/gnutls-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1y1wadpsrj5ai603xv5bgssl9v0pb1si2hg14zqdnmcsvgri5fpv";
+    sha256 = "0jvca1qahn9lrwv6f5kfs95icirc15b2a8x9fzczyj996ipg3b5z";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" "man" "devdoc" ];