diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/hello/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/hello/default.nix
index 9f1e89c0df6b..ce49cfd69ca8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/hello/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/hello/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "hello";
-  version = "2.10";
+  version = "2.12";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/hello/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0ssi1wpaf7plaswqqjwigppsg5fyh99vdlb9kzl7c9lng89ndq1i";
+    sha256 = "1ayhp9v4m4rdhjmnl2bq3cibrbqqkgjbl3s7yk2nhlh8vj3ay16g";
   };
 
   doCheck = true;