diff --git a/srcpkgs/boinc/template b/srcpkgs/boinc/template
index a360d9c4e71..955c5c9f051 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boinc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boinc/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'boinc'
 pkgname=boinc
-version=7.10.3
+version=7.12.1
 revision=1
 _majorver=${version%.*.*}
-wrksrc=boinc-client_release-${_majorver}-${version}
+wrksrc=boinc-client_release-${_majorver}-${version%.*}
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config python xorgproto"
 makedepends="glu-devel libfreeglut-devel libcurl-devel
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
 license="LGPL-3.0"
 homepage="https://boinc.berkeley.edu/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/archive/client_release/${_majorver}/${version}.tar.gz>boinc-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0dd5bafb9e6eced2695c2f47a93d9165643d9132a1cf58fef0e733c4a70ea22c
+checksum=1004d96c8f9b2100bef36bfee6079bf1fed318788c7288b8d4b8ac77e30377d7
 conflicts="boinc-nox>=0"
 
 CXXFLAGS="-Wno-redundant-decls"