diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/element-desktop-pin.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/element-desktop-pin.nix
index 38563cd82576..bc82f74708f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/element-desktop-pin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/element-desktop-pin.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "version" = "1.11.112";
+  "version" = "1.12.0";
   "hashes" = {
-    "desktopSrcHash" = "sha256-L4/2VwPHBusVTCi8DzxmAUbvW0p1d/ffbz9ZwUmgzEo=";
-    "desktopYarnHash" = "sha256-U+MuOe0N29AFrLCi7Xa9bDW70SmhQqqtjim+x7QAiJg=";
+    "desktopSrcHash" = "sha256-Epkjv6tT0I65JTu4O5nHFRn0q18kE1+7joyTF1S3y+4=";
+    "desktopYarnHash" = "sha256-2zy2xNzamjTyGE+Vm/gacMnby5Z0KfIWbgkl5EI5zi4=";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix
index 5597133194ba..fdf71bcea553 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-desktop/package.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   yarn,
   nodejs,
   jq,
-  electron_37,
+  electron_38,
   element-web,
   sqlcipher,
   callPackage,
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ let
   pinData = import ./element-desktop-pin.nix;
   inherit (pinData.hashes) desktopSrcHash desktopYarnHash;
   executableName = "element-desktop";
-  electron = electron_37;
+  electron = electron_38;
   keytar = callPackage ./keytar {
     inherit electron;
   };
@@ -111,11 +111,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
       cp $out/share/element/electron/lib/i18n/strings/en_EN.json $out/share/element/electron/lib/i18n/strings/en-us.json
       ln -s $out/share/element/electron/lib/i18n/strings/en{-us,}.json
 
-      # icons
-      for icon in $out/share/element/electron/build/icons/*.png; do
-        mkdir -p "$out/share/icons/hicolor/$(basename $icon .png)/apps"
-        ln -s "$icon" "$out/share/icons/hicolor/$(basename $icon .png)/apps/element.png"
-      done
+      # icon
+      mkdir -p "$out/share/icons/hicolor/icon/apps"
+      ln -s "$out/share/element/electron/build/icon.png" "$out/share/icons/hicolor/icon/apps/element.png"
 
       # desktop item
       mkdir -p "$out/share"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/el/element-web-unwrapped/element-web-pin.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-web-unwrapped/element-web-pin.nix
index 1f4402615d71..bafd8b8ab7b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/el/element-web-unwrapped/element-web-pin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/element-web-unwrapped/element-web-pin.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "version" = "1.11.112";
+  "version" = "1.12.0";
   "hashes" = {
-    "webSrcHash" = "sha256-rWbn3ibylEchBZR8ZF6lrPBSjJvF8Ezl/+7ZzgVhz7g=";
-    "webYarnHash" = "sha256-ItrmxNlaRijNpp+gk1g3tTLw4roHuTqW2SnpapIH1Uk=";
+    "webSrcHash" = "sha256-4e76IFOY7YiBX/cGobJNj1epH/Bnak+BgVPSjWC/8+s=";
+    "webYarnHash" = "sha256-qZPHWPmcGFtwfOSCpft0hFLuS7smmq9w1JxJ+oqJZPA=";
   };
 }