diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
index bd8304cb825..47e53b1e27d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libxml2'
 pkgname=libxml2
-version=2.11.4
-revision=4
+version=2.12.1
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-threads --with-history --with-icu
  --with-legacy --with-ftp --with-xptr-locs --enable-static"
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ short_desc="Library providing XML and HTML support"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2"
+changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/raw/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/libxml2/${version%.*}/libxml2-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=737e1d7f8ab3f139729ca13a2494fd17bf30ddb4b7a427cf336252cab57f57f7
+checksum=8982b9ccdf7f456e30d8f7012d50858c6623e495333b6191def455c7e95427eb
 python_version=3
 CFLAGS="-I$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/include/python$py3_ver"