diff --git a/package/jquery-validation/Config.in b/package/jquery-validation/Config.in
index 2a764c1017..ab2ee26133 100644
--- a/package/jquery-validation/Config.in
+++ b/package/jquery-validation/Config.in
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_JQUERY_VALIDATION
 	  your existing forms, while making all kinds of
 	  customizations to fit your application really easy.
 
-	  http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/
+	  http://jqueryvalidation.org/
diff --git a/package/jquery-validation/jquery-validation.mk b/package/jquery-validation/jquery-validation.mk
index a39560b318..ca8cbdc846 100644
--- a/package/jquery-validation/jquery-validation.mk
+++ b/package/jquery-validation/jquery-validation.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-JQUERY_VALIDATION_VERSION = 1.11.1
-JQUERY_VALIDATION_SITE = http://jquery.bassistance.de/validate
+JQUERY_VALIDATION_VERSION = 1.12.0
+JQUERY_VALIDATION_SITE = http://jqueryvalidation.org/files
 JQUERY_VALIDATION_SOURCE = jquery-validation-$(JQUERY_VALIDATION_VERSION).zip
 JQUERY_VALIDATION_LICENSE = MIT
+JQUERY_VALIDATION_LICENSE_FILES = README.md
 
 define JQUERY_VALIDATION_EXTRACT_CMDS
 	unzip -d $(@D) $(DL_DIR)/$(JQUERY_VALIDATION_SOURCE)