diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
index 0232342bf84..dc01abd514f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, libunwind }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "strace-4.11";
+  name = "strace-${version}";
+  version = "4.12";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/strace/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0ll1rpjs441jac2689nga74qb49x1zkg8a2b7rzzchgrv1n5ysp8";
+    sha256 = "51144b78cb9ba22211b95a5aafe0af3694c0d575b25975d80ca9dd4dfd7c1e59";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];