diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/startup-notification/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/startup-notification/default.nix
index d989c4059e6c..2683a01a2902 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/startup-notification/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/startup-notification/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, libxcb, pkgconfig, xcbutil}:
 
 let
-  version = "0.10";
+  version = "0.12";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "libstartup-notification-${version}";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/startup-notification/releases/startup-notification-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0nalaay0yj3gq85insp9l31hsv5zp390m4nn37y235v151ffpfv4";
+    sha256 = "3c391f7e930c583095045cd2d10eb73a64f085c7fde9d260f2652c7cb3cfbe4a";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ libX11 libxcb pkgconfig xcbutil ];