diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix
index fd200af0a42e..8825e16b90f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 , extraBuildInputs ? [] }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.1.1";
+  version = "1.2";
   name = "weechat-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://weechat.org/files/src/weechat-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0j8kc2zsv7ybgq6wi0r8siyd3adl3528gymgmidijd78smbpwbx3";
+    url = "http://weechat.org/files/src/weechat-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0kb8mykhzm7zcxsl6l6cia2n4nc9akiysg0v6d8xb51p3x002ibw";
   };
 
   buildInputs =