diff --git a/package/grep/grep.mk b/package/grep/grep.mk
index aa22910da..389aa3b78 100644
--- a/package/grep/grep.mk
+++ b/package/grep/grep.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #############################################################
 
-GREP_VERSION = 2.11
+GREP_VERSION = 2.12
 GREP_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/grep
 GREP_SOURCE = grep-$(GREP_VERSION).tar.xz
 GREP_CONF_OPT = --disable-perl-regexp --without-included-regex