diff --git a/packages/libuv/build.sh b/packages/libuv/build.sh
index ffe7c974b..22db42cd2 100644
--- a/packages/libuv/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libuv/build.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=http://libuv.org
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.11.0
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.12.0
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://dist.libuv.org/dist/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/libuv-v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=0f686994dcea6cb5cd3f50e35d5fdda07211b4b3586516df7c39bdbf19acb9a7
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=01730d1b5e9e278eec67394e7d44021ea318d5d29520c5aa8b65bc8a18b953c7
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--disable-dtrace" # needed for building on mac
 
 termux_step_pre_configure () {