diff --git a/libraries/libuv/libuv.SlackBuild b/libraries/libuv/libuv.SlackBuild
index 1cccb96993..70ce37018a 100644
--- a/libraries/libuv/libuv.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libuv/libuv.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=libuv
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.11.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.12.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/libuv/libuv.info b/libraries/libuv/libuv.info
index e9ea99a741..3ea9103795 100644
--- a/libraries/libuv/libuv.info
+++ b/libraries/libuv/libuv.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="libuv"
-VERSION="1.11.0"
+VERSION="1.12.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://libuv.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.11.0/libuv-v1.11.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="29bdf5e00fb8e0c8392aac53a2cc380a"
+DOWNLOAD="http://dist.libuv.org/dist/v1.12.0/libuv-v1.12.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="32a729c49ac14ed520d8f7c06d7d3826"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""