diff --git a/libraries/exiftool/exiftool.SlackBuild b/libraries/exiftool/exiftool.SlackBuild
index 2bf5c30f81..6c7e826baf 100644
--- a/libraries/exiftool/exiftool.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/exiftool/exiftool.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=exiftool
-VERSION=${VERSION:-12.60}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-12.70}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/libraries/exiftool/exiftool.info b/libraries/exiftool/exiftool.info
index 6537a9ebee..f63c0f1c0c 100644
--- a/libraries/exiftool/exiftool.info
+++ b/libraries/exiftool/exiftool.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="exiftool"
-VERSION="12.60"
+VERSION="12.70"
 HOMEPAGE="https://exiftool.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://exiftool.org/Image-ExifTool-12.60.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="ab1b5d756aaa8188890afa5a16563f57"
+DOWNLOAD="https://exiftool.org/Image-ExifTool-12.70.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="19c33b5edbc3dfd981436aca1b985d94"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""