diff --git a/srcpkgs/pidgin/template b/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
index cb4b12cfc04..2066db80ebb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pidgin/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'pidgin'
 pkgname=pidgin
-version=2.11.0
+version=2.12.0
 revision=1
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://pidgin.im/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/pidgin/pidgin-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=f72613440586da3bdba6d58e718dce1b2c310adf8946de66d8077823e57b3333
+checksum="8c3d3536d6d3c971bd433ff9946678af70a0f6aa4e6969cc2a83bb357015b7f8"
 
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool automake libtool gettext-devel glib-devel"
 makedepends="libglib-devel gtk+-devel libXext-devel