diff --git a/libs/libevdev/Makefile b/libs/libevdev/Makefile
index fcc9da191..d11ab177a 100644
--- a/libs/libevdev/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libevdev/Makefile
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libevdev
-PKG_VERSION:=1.10.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.12.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.freedesktop.org/software/libevdev/
-PKG_HASH:=0330fe8357ece915db9366c1b9a6648941aea6f724b73ad6e71401127aa08932
+PKG_HASH:=2f729e3480695791f9482e8388bd723402b89f0eaf118057bbdea3cecee9b237
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT