diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/vips/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/vips/default.nix
index 7081f07fd30a..26d63791be8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/vips/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/vips/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "vips";
-  version = "8.11.4";
+  version = "8.12.1";
 
   outputs = [ "bin" "out" "man" "dev" ];
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "libvips";
     repo = "libvips";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-cPg5pH7/N40D9lvya/t+6wwelrvmbf28OwSZnnGSfo8=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Zo1Y4pYa+o55+ASrAiDUO7SAC4zpcAniEKkTFvIoU6o=";
     # Remove unicode file names which leads to different checksums on HFS+
     # vs. other filesystems because of unicode normalisation.
     extraPostFetch = ''