diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kops/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kops/default.nix
index a521f394ebfb..96f3354023cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kops/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kops/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   name = "kops-${version}";
-  version = "1.11.1";
+  version = "1.12.1";
 
   goPackagePath = "k8s.io/kops";
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     rev = version;
     owner = "kubernetes";
     repo = "kops";
-    sha256 = "0jia8dhawh786grnbpn64hvsdm6wz5p7hqir01q5xxpd1psnzygj";
+    sha256 = "09rmgazdrmnh1lqaayzfbn0ld7mbj9whihs9ijv5gf6si9p0ml9y";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [go-bindata];