diff --git a/srcpkgs/mongo-c-driver/template b/srcpkgs/mongo-c-driver/template
index ac4577f09ee..7de65ff4f5b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mongo-c-driver/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mongo-c-driver/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'mongo-c-driver'
 pkgname=mongo-c-driver
-version=1.11.0
+version=1.12.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="mongo-c-driver-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ short_desc="A client library written in C for MongoDB"
 maintainer="John <johnz@posteo.net>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="http://mongoc.org/"
-changelog="https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/releases"
+changelog="https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/${version}/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/releases/download/${version}/mongo-c-driver-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=bba4afd0e5cc81fc0ddff3c76f1f6d37ddeff684dcf4d4970a414f9ebd84894c
+checksum=e5924207f6ccbdf74a9b95305b150e96b3296a71f2aafbb21e647dc28d580c68
 
 do_check() {
 	: #requires a running MongoDB instance