diff --git a/package/git/git.hash b/package/git/git.hash
index 71e340ebd1..e79e8b1e03 100644
--- a/package/git/git.hash
+++ b/package/git/git.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # From: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/sha256sums.asc
-sha256 1821766479062d052cc1897d0ded95212e81e5c7f1039786bc4aec2225a32027  git-2.12.0.tar.xz
+sha256 db11674364b764e101966d829a2e271c9b9d2a8bd4d8ecb4221a1dcdc9a3ada2  git-2.12.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/git/git.mk b/package/git/git.mk
index 75d5140e0c..e7ea98d817 100644
--- a/package/git/git.mk
+++ b/package/git/git.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GIT_VERSION = 2.12.0
+GIT_VERSION = 2.12.1
 GIT_SOURCE = git-$(GIT_VERSION).tar.xz
 GIT_SITE = https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git
 GIT_LICENSE = GPLv2, LGPLv2.1+