diff --git a/libevent/.footprint b/libevent/.footprint
index 7335f80f3..6b6c621d4 100644
--- a/libevent/.footprint
+++ b/libevent/.footprint
@@ -34,31 +34,31 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/event2/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/evrpc.h
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/evutil.h
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent-2.0.so.5 -> libevent-2.0.so.5.1.0
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent-2.0.so.5.1.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent-2.0.so.5 -> libevent-2.0.so.5.1.1
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent-2.0.so.5.1.1
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libevent.a
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent.so -> libevent-2.0.so.5.1.0
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_core-2.0.so.5 -> libevent_core-2.0.so.5.1.0
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_core-2.0.so.5.1.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent.so -> libevent-2.0.so.5.1.1
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_core-2.0.so.5 -> libevent_core-2.0.so.5.1.1
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_core-2.0.so.5.1.1
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_core.a
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_core.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_core.so -> libevent_core-2.0.so.5.1.0
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_extra-2.0.so.5 -> libevent_extra-2.0.so.5.1.0
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_extra-2.0.so.5.1.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_core.so -> libevent_core-2.0.so.5.1.1
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_extra-2.0.so.5 -> libevent_extra-2.0.so.5.1.1
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_extra-2.0.so.5.1.1
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_extra.a
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_extra.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_extra.so -> libevent_extra-2.0.so.5.1.0
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_openssl-2.0.so.5 -> libevent_openssl-2.0.so.5.1.0
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_openssl-2.0.so.5.1.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_extra.so -> libevent_extra-2.0.so.5.1.1
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_openssl-2.0.so.5 -> libevent_openssl-2.0.so.5.1.1
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_openssl-2.0.so.5.1.1
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_openssl.a
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_openssl.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_openssl.so -> libevent_openssl-2.0.so.5.1.0
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_pthreads-2.0.so.5 -> libevent_pthreads-2.0.so.5.1.0
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_pthreads-2.0.so.5.1.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_openssl.so -> libevent_openssl-2.0.so.5.1.1
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_pthreads-2.0.so.5 -> libevent_pthreads-2.0.so.5.1.1
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_pthreads-2.0.so.5.1.1
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_pthreads.a
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_pthreads.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_pthreads.so -> libevent_pthreads-2.0.so.5.1.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libevent_pthreads.so -> libevent_pthreads-2.0.so.5.1.1
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libevent.pc
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libevent_openssl.pc
diff --git a/libevent/.md5sum b/libevent/.md5sum
index 2c386739b..fb84c9c67 100644
--- a/libevent/.md5sum
+++ b/libevent/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-bd7ef33c08aa6401c8d67dbc88679ded  libevent-2.0.11-stable.tar.gz
+42986228baf95e325778ed328a93e070  libevent-2.0.12-stable.tar.gz
diff --git a/libevent/Pkgfile b/libevent/Pkgfile
index 489c5eea8..ff2d4a973 100644
--- a/libevent/Pkgfile
+++ b/libevent/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Packager:    Robert McMeekin, rrm3 at rrm3 dot org
 
 name=libevent
-version=2.0.11
+version=2.0.12
 release=1
 source=(http://www.monkey.org/~provos/$name-$version-stable.tar.gz)