diff --git a/pkgs/games/minecraft-server/default.nix b/pkgs/games/minecraft-server/default.nix
index fd944bb7611..1e8ec2b8a6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/minecraft-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/minecraft-server/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name    = "minecraft-server-${version}";
-  version = "1.11.2";
+  version = "1.12";
 
   src  = fetchurl {
     url    = "http://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/${version}/minecraft_server.${version}.jar";
-    sha256 = "12nqcj6skwjfcywm3ah4jb1qn4r558ng9cchdc3hbz99nhv7vi6y";
+    sha256 = "02fwlg4c9kqckmdi9wxi64jdqynj5myp0995aabc07746hwgzszy";
   };
 
   preferLocalBuild = true;