diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/CGAL/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/CGAL/default.nix
index cdb37a84c801..23a539491d0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/CGAL/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/CGAL/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, boost, gmp, mpfr }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "4.11.1";
+  version = "4.12";
   name = "cgal-" + version;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "CGAL";
     repo = "releases";
     rev = "CGAL-${version}";
-    sha256 = "04nn1lzsjdglzjygc72cq09xrvpqwwnbf6l0xz8bfwfp4x9g10jf";
+    sha256 = "0n4yvg2rkrlb1bwhykrg4iyqg4whxadcs441k10xx0r75i6220mn";
   };
 
   # note: optional component libCGAL_ImageIO would need zlib and opengl;