diff --git a/packages/compress/zlib/package.mk b/packages/compress/zlib/package.mk
index f39e64dee8..d89f3a5815 100644
--- a/packages/compress/zlib/package.mk
+++ b/packages/compress/zlib/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="zlib"
-PKG_VERSION="1.2.11"
-PKG_SHA256="4ff941449631ace0d4d203e3483be9dbc9da454084111f97ea0a2114e19bf066"
+PKG_VERSION="1.2.12"
+PKG_SHA256="7db46b8d7726232a621befaab4a1c870f00a90805511c0e0090441dac57def18"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.zlib.net"
 PKG_URL="http://zlib.net/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"