diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/skaffold/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/skaffold/default.nix
index e104784fbe8f..b94217d20a44 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/skaffold/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/skaffold/default.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   pname = "skaffold";
-  version = "1.11.0";
-  # rev is the ${version} commit, mainly for skaffold version command output
-  rev = "931a70a6334436735bfc4ff7633232dd5fc73cc1";
+  version = "1.12.0";
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold";
   subPackages = ["cmd/skaffold"];
 
   buildFlagsArray = let t = "${goPackagePath}/pkg/skaffold"; in  ''
     -ldflags=
+      -s -w
       -X ${t}/version.version=v${version}
-      -X ${t}/version.gitCommit=${rev}
+      -X ${t}/version.gitCommit=${src.rev}
       -X ${t}/version.buildDate=unknown
   '';
 
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     owner = "GoogleContainerTools";
     repo = "skaffold";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "035xp34m8kzb75mivgf3kw026n2h6g2a7j2mi32nxl1a794w36zi";
+    sha256 = "12m2yqlngxvyyiqa58fmdwi752bz3mkk8fi312dvakr5kysnvn1l";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];