diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
index dcbf7235e49..7617e82f1a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/e2fsprogs/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libuuid }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "e2fsprogs-1.42.9";
+  name = "e2fsprogs-1.42.12";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/e2fsprogs/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "00i83w22sbyq849as9vmaf2xcx1d06npvriyv8m0z81gx43ar4ig";
+    sha256 = "0v0qcfyls0dlrjy8gx9m3s2wbkp5z3lbsr5hb7x8kp8f3bclcy71";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libuuid ];