diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/template b/srcpkgs/vala/template
index 2cf384a832d..7a4f3bdbdf8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'vala'
 pkgname=vala
-version=0.11.7
-distfiles="http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.11/vala-$version.tar.bz2"
+version=0.12.0
+distfiles="http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.12/vala-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--enable-vapigen"
 short_desc="Compiler for the GObject type system"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=d82a17003cb999b3411615631ca82849900986177a8bc6bec2333a5101b226f6
+checksum=9a398e16fba2c78c9bcadb05e489c9bc318e34901d43451ac5d2ce4bc46b1225
 long_desc="
  Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming
  language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime