diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-lfs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-lfs/default.nix
index e5fc8173919..52075be8484 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-lfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-lfs/default.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   name = "git-lfs-${version}";
-  version = "1.2.0";
-  rev = "v${version}";
+  # NOTE: use versions after 1.2.1
+  version = "2016-06-07";
+  rev = "12fe249f2eebb56608a825fdb4a68c00f090bc91";
   
   goPackagePath = "github.com/github/git-lfs";
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     inherit rev;
     owner = "github";
     repo = "git-lfs";
-    sha256 = "0z8giavcvfpzmhnxxsqvsgabjfq5gpka8jy4qvadf60yibxds9fp";
+    sha256 = "0cj7xbgvj706r1cyxqlcwfvy5zg2d19al04d441sxa6spr6xa4v6";
   };
 
   # Tests fail with 'lfstest-gitserver.go:46: main redeclared in this block'