diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index f730771ecdf..dac9d4c7418 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3940,7 +3940,7 @@ libcaribou.so.0 libcaribou-0.4.21_3
 libtinyclipboard.so.1 tinyclipboard-16.01_1
 libcbor.so.0.7 libcbor-0.7.0_1
 libfido2.so.1 libfido2-1.3.0_1
-libjanet.so.1.11 janet-1.11.0_1
+libjanet.so.1.12 janet-1.12.1_1
 libOpenImageDenoise.so.0 openimagedenoise-1.2.0_1
 libcbang0.so cbang-1.3.3_1
 libblosc.so.1 c-blosc-1.17.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/janet/patches/dynlink.patch b/srcpkgs/janet/patches/dynlink.patch
index 19e8f30c3cb..4518660e0e1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/janet/patches/dynlink.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/janet/patches/dynlink.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
---- a/meson.build.orig
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -184,8 +186,9 @@
-   extra_cross_cflags = []
+--- meson.build.orig
++++ meson.build
+@@ -184,10 +184,11 @@
+ else
+   extra_cflags = []
  endif
- 
 -janet_mainclient = executable('janet', janetc, mainclient_src,
 +janet_mainclient = executable('janet', mainclient_src,
    include_directories : incdir,
    dependencies : [m_dep, dl_dep, thread_dep],
-   c_args : extra_native_cflags,
+   c_args : extra_cflags,
 +  link_with : [libjanet],
    install : true)
+ 
+ if meson.is_cross_build()
diff --git a/srcpkgs/janet/template b/srcpkgs/janet/template
index 189f6ba7f59..7b3c97315c6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/janet/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/janet/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'janet'
 pkgname=janet
-version=1.11.3
+version=1.12.1
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 short_desc="Dynamic Lisp dialect and bytecode VM"
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://janet-lang.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/janet-lang/janet/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=60b389b5fcc5969760ec802fa5faf6383e272c769aef4a94e377cfd8376f4a8c
-patch_args="-Np1"
+checksum=a04670448ad41802830c1b4a5dc217d85ed39727734ee5e63a5cf59aa2d50e78
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE