diff --git a/gnu/packages/fonts.scm b/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
index 586478bb87..0ac0b7b207 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ (define-public font-anonymous-pro
 (define-public font-gnu-unifont
   (package
     (name "font-gnu-unifont")
-    (version "12.0.01")
+    (version "12.1.02")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ (define-public font-gnu-unifont
              (string-append "mirror://gnu/unifont/unifont-"
                             version "/unifont-" version ".tar.gz")))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "059j82z6z4wqyy3261ns0zg2b2vh2wvxxfbsa9hra9xasism49vb"))))
+        (base32 "12wdxnlyz5gl5d7h6pazcz8d7h81fwkng1xrayxsgrzh6bqdq4p8"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (outputs '("out"   ; TrueType version
                "pcf"   ; PCF (bitmap) version