diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
index bd4924c5708e..a988f43b8ca8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # files.
 
 let
-  version = "3.11";
+  version = "3.12";
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/grep/grep-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-HbKu3eidDepCsW2VKPiUyNFdrk4ZC1muzHj1qVEnbqs=";
+    hash = "sha256-JkmyfA6Q5jLq3NdXvgbG6aT0jZQd5R58D4P/dkCKB7k=";
   };
 
   # Some gnulib tests fail