diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/redpanda-client/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/redpanda-client/package.nix
index 50350ed8bad2..a5cdd62417a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/redpanda-client/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/redpanda-client/package.nix
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
   stdenv,
 }:
 let
-  version = "26.1.9";
+  version = "26.1.12";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "redpanda-data";
     repo = "redpanda";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-UrrFK4VjnovSH1ahmQPaKM/uZP0BA35ckvN4ELnfG10=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-ZF9YzRW1b40syRCV+a5NOsS/SDwstVs1mI++dTDcpWc=";
   };
 in
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   inherit doCheck src version;
   modRoot = "./src/go/rpk";
   runVend = false;
-  vendorHash = "sha256-kpcExQ/SRl0ghZqJi3Lcoc+M5oDepvMgfQI96O4u1Yw=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-g+LZgjD6wAuIDHweXYyZMxVT0Y8YWphC7ZzhBS9ozKk=";
 
   ldflags = [
     ''-X "github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/cmd/version.version=${version}"''