diff --git a/srcpkgs/libva/template b/srcpkgs/libva/template
index b0c95bdea01..514cb2808bd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libva/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libva/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libva'
 pkgname=libva
-_distver=1.2.0
+_distver=1.2.1
 version=1:${_distver}
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_distver}"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/vaapi/releases/libva/libva-${_distver}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=15c6d69ba52d4313e8c9f8bf8bbe2a7211ab03966f3beaafb4448e517418e1c4
+checksum=70080f8b260ca4316f7e100f2ce15ad3e2356a2b9eff951278085ff8d48ea83b
 long_desc="
  The main motivation for VA-API (Video Acceleration API) is to enable hardware
  accelerated video decode/encode at various entry-points (VLD, IDCT, Motion