diff --git a/srcpkgs/libzim/template b/srcpkgs/libzim/template
index 2fec7573711..29506c0c928 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libzim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libzim/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libzim'
 pkgname=libzim
-version=6.1.1
+version=6.1.2
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config git"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.openzim.org/wiki/OpenZIM"
 changelog="https://github.com/openzim/libzim/blob/${version}/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/openzim/libzim/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=3f2867c92b669854afb6d890c005b669bd5eb9b211d2cacb92ad432c02c54c2c
+checksum=d705098722cb69cc0bc9601aec488716589710b6a53eba88e0451e5416e434a0
 replaces="libzim-tools>=0"
 
 build_options="zlib xapian"