diff --git a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
index b33e08baf2..6530978c34 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/package-management.scm
@@ -1523,14 +1523,14 @@ (define-public libostree
 (define-public flatpak
   (package
    (name "flatpak")
-   (version "1.10.2")
+   (version "1.12.1")
    (source
     (origin
      (method url-fetch)
      (uri (string-append "https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/releases/download/"
                          version "/flatpak-" version ".tar.xz"))
      (sha256
-      (base32 "1r6xw7r3ir2vaa30n3mily6m7d51cf4qv22fkqlzzy3js0wjf5fv"))))
+      (base32 "0my82ijg1ipa4lwrvh88jlrxbabfqfz2ssfb8cn6k0pfgz53p293"))))
 
    ;; Wrap 'flatpak' so that GIO_EXTRA_MODULES is set, thereby allowing GIO to
    ;; find the TLS backend in glib-networking.