diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon/template b/srcpkgs/cinnamon/template
index 2b26df20185..c274a03ac07 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cinnamon/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'cinnamon'
 pkgname=cinnamon
-version=2.6.8
+version=2.6.12
 revision=1
 wrksrc="Cinnamon-${version}"
 short_desc="GNOME3 fork of Linux Mint with GNOME2 aspect"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=fe2e0e0a128711875a24c3511eff78e48ecd131db8f758781950784270af15a6
+checksum=82ffd6e7c87e5a21d3464efa0e2ce66203a10c487ceafa741ba123c5197b6b05
 
 CFLAGS+="-I/usr/include/gtk-3.0"
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pre_configure() {
 	# Add polkit agent to required components
 	sed -i 's/RequiredComponents=\(.*\)$/RequiredComponents=\1polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1;/' files/usr/share/cinnamon-session/sessions/cinnamon*.session
 
-	# fix for the python2 PAM module  
+	# fix for the python2 PAM module
 	sed -i 's:import PAM:import pam:' files/usr/lib/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_user.py
 
 	# Use pkexec instead of gksu