diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.12.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.12.nix
index 49de2c2ab0f..278548f09e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.12.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.12.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "3.12.57";
+  version = "3.12.61";
   extraMeta.branch = "3.12";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0qv88rvi0n45z3888w2gis35lxdx34qg2p7c2cac2szbrzv664s8";
+    sha256 = "1q44z8gdbrw76vl5wbm8y2vy119lacxyaf2xi6q9jasvwkjc4h36";
   };
 
   kernelPatches = args.kernelPatches;