diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/limine/limine.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/limine/limine.nix
index 0cc217f537b9..62687e741638 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/limine/limine.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/limine/limine.nix
@@ -455,6 +455,10 @@ in
           assertion = cfg.efiSupport;
           message = "Secure boot is only supported on EFI systems.";
         }
+        {
+          assertion = !cfg.enableEditor;
+          message = "Editor is unconditionally disabled by Limine.";
+        }
       ];
 
       boot.loader.limine.enrollConfig = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/limine/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/limine/package.nix
index 62b4709f3a0f..184e64700b66 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/limine/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/limine/package.nix
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ in
 # as bootloader for various platforms and corresponding binary and helper files.
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "limine";
-  version = "11.4.1";
+  version = "12.0.2";
 
   # We don't use the Git source but the release tarball, as the source has a
   # `./bootstrap` script performing network access to download resources.
   # Packaging that in Nix is very cumbersome.
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/Limine-Bootloader/Limine/releases/download/v${finalAttrs.version}/limine-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-sTmjVVhOb2EOhohW/SMJgrM8HT5t6afq1ekv+6eZNuY=";
+    hash = "sha256-bHHBqQrQLY0J+8RkfS9qsyRGk4fw21xsb0nB2HVkKwg=";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;