diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d24b214..cb5ac13 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ c-ares-1.7.3.tar.gz
 /c-ares-1.9.1.tar.gz
 /c-ares-1.10.0.tar.gz
 /c-ares-1.11.0.tar.gz
+/c-ares-1.12.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/c-ares.spec b/c-ares.spec
index 9c4d372..87790ce 100644
--- a/c-ares.spec
+++ b/c-ares.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: A library that performs asynchronous DNS operations
 Name: c-ares
-Version: 1.11.0
+Version: 1.12.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: MIT
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man3/ares_*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 29 2016 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1.12.0-1
+- update to 1.12.0
+
 * Fri Feb 19 2016 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 1.11.0
 - New upstream version 1.11.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8c2bebd..85a574e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d5c6d522cfc54bb6f215a0b7912d46be  c-ares-1.11.0.tar.gz
+2ca44be1715cd2c5666a165d35788424  c-ares-1.12.0.tar.gz