diff --git a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
index bf643ed8976..aaf1a1255cf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'coreutils'
 pkgname=coreutils
-version=8.11
+version=8.12
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--enable-install-program=hostname --bindir=/bin"
 short_desc="The GNU core utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=9c03e0de95ac6ec65129eaf0b3605982a77d8fedaeca5b665ad44fe901695b3b
+checksum=1e3c0182cdd0042871741d694ae1166dd90eb9f03a16c0aac0a9072a7aa92faf
 long_desc="
  The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation
  utilities of the GNU operating system. These are the core utilities