diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
index aceee84596e..a3107558e89 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python-requests'
 pkgname=python-requests
-version=2.11.1
-revision=2
+version=2.12.0
+revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="requests-${version}"
 build_style="python-module"
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ short_desc="Python2 HTTP library for human beings"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://python-requests.org/"
 license="Apache-2.0"
-# distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/r/requests/requests-${version}.tar.gz"
-distfiles="https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e8e5710ae923a00e45631f0e47c30ebfc83b7a8c4a7a818f78bf820f9b607558
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/r/requests/requests-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=57b6c314a2c5f014dce634a0e1eeeb1707741b2e30bc7fee9c5b01fa216d57a3
 
 pre_build() {
 	# remove bundled cacerts