diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index 2e8d68414a4..40bfb245f39 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -902,12 +902,12 @@ let self = _self // overrides;
 
   projectile = melpaBuild rec {
     pname   = "projectile";
-    version = "20141020";
+    version = "0.12.0";
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner  = "bbatsov";
       repo   = pname;
-      rev    = "13580d83374e0c17c55b3a680b816dfae407657e";
-      sha256 = "10c28h2g53sg68lwamhak0shdhh26h5xaipipz3n4281sr1fwg58";
+      rev    = "v${version}";
+      sha256 = "1bl5wpkyv9xlf5v5hzkj8si1z4hjn3yywrjs1mx0g4irmq3mk29m";
     };
     packageRequires = [ dash helm s pkg-info epl ];
     meta = { license = gpl3Plus; };