diff --git a/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.hash b/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3de8dbf4de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# sha256 locally computed
+sha256 7e22a5624d8d2909e165110f0bec6b43ee36ff6834d689f4027e06dece662031   python-web2py-R-2.12.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.mk b/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.mk
index f5f572c860..38faabc55d 100644
--- a/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.mk
+++ b/package/python-web2py/python-web2py.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_WEB2PY_VERSION = R-2.11.3
+PYTHON_WEB2PY_VERSION = R-2.12.3
 PYTHON_WEB2PY_SITE = $(call github,web2py,web2py,$(PYTHON_WEB2PY_VERSION))
 PYTHON_WEB2PY_LICENSE = LGPLv3
 PYTHON_WEB2PY_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE