diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/rkt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/rkt/default.nix
index 713928eafed..4845d0b6065 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/rkt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/rkt/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ let
   stage1Flavours = [ "coreos" "fly" "host" ];
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.1.0";
+  version = "1.2.0";
   name = "rkt-${version}";
   BUILDDIR="build-${name}";
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       rev = "v${version}";
       owner = "coreos";
       repo = "rkt";
-      sha256 = "1pl5gbfd9wr8nh2h249g7sjs31jz21g24mw375zki9gdhhnpn570";
+      sha256 = "0icsrh118mm3rabbcr0gd3b22m5rizdbqlrfp9d79g591p7bjh38";
   };
 
   stage1BaseImage = fetchurl {