diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
index e5829a56a8b4..8e2365f475d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/man-db/default.nix
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "man-db";
-  version = "2.12.0";
+  version = "2.12.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/man-db/man-db-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-QVpihKInZK0i/w9mcQ2FO+d5DdRRzXFDbj0lx02ZapU=";
+    hash = "sha256-3e4kna63jPkrq3lMzQacyLV1mSJl6iDiOeiHFW6IAmU=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];