diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/stellarium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/stellarium/default.nix
index 541340df629..04c82b21e85 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/stellarium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/stellarium/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, freetype, libpng, mesa, gettext, openssl, qt4, perl, libiconv}:
 
 let
-  name = "stellarium-0.11.4a";
+  name = "stellarium-0.12.1";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit name;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/stellarium/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0gs3lf2061chgcyx22xbnn6b284nsnj8xal7jyjzj57s8yk4n619";
+    sha256 = "02qfp56mkg3bqggv3ndx8v6zfswg51gkczwiqy5c9y4rw28hazla";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake freetype libpng mesa gettext openssl qt4 perl libiconv ];