diff --git a/network/twitter/twitter.SlackBuild b/network/twitter/twitter.SlackBuild
index 4ecec5a36a..5f254fabfb 100644
--- a/network/twitter/twitter.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/twitter/twitter.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 
 PRGNAM=twitter
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.11.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.12.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/network/twitter/twitter.info b/network/twitter/twitter.info
index 3f1eaefafe..2bf12c7cfb 100644
--- a/network/twitter/twitter.info
+++ b/network/twitter/twitter.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="twitter"
-VERSION="1.11.1"
+VERSION="1.12.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://mike.verdone.ca/twitter/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/t/twitter/twitter-1.11.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="692b9a383a7fbad004514ab431766041"
+DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/t/twitter/twitter-1.12.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="2fe99966a25f6eefbaa5f9dd48499f2a"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="pysetuptools"