diff --git a/srcpkgs/mono/template b/srcpkgs/mono/template
index c29ff50f494..6910ae30f9e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mono/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mono/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'mono'
 pkgname=mono
-version=3.10.0
+version=3.12.0
 revision=1
 lib32disabled=yes
 disable_parallel_build=yes
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --disable-system-aot"
 # XXX: figure out how to split this up into subpkgs.
 hostmakedepends="libtool perl python"
-makedepends="zlib-devel libX11-devel libgdiplus-devel>=3.8"
-depends="libgdiplus>=3.8"
+makedepends="zlib-devel libX11-devel libgdiplus-devel>=${version}"
+depends="libgdiplus>=${version}"
 short_desc="Free implementation of the .NET platform including runtime and compiler"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.go-mono.org"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2, MPL, MIT"
 distfiles="http://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=fd74d1a6810d2d9b4733b4affbda67958e61520aade531c73103568dc18ab0b4
+checksum=8fdc69329c8d669d1c5e5bc922a5df8a3ed61a72344b92e5a073809bf1b36783