diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/template b/srcpkgs/vala/template
index 7a4f3bdbdf8..0271a45ace4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/template
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'vala'
 pkgname=vala
-version=0.12.0
-distfiles="http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.12/vala-$version.tar.bz2"
+version=0.12.1
+distfiles="http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/0.12/vala-$version.tar.xz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--enable-vapigen"
 short_desc="Compiler for the GObject type system"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=9a398e16fba2c78c9bcadb05e489c9bc318e34901d43451ac5d2ce4bc46b1225
+homepage="http://live.gnome.org/Vala"
+license="LGPL-2.1"
+checksum=f102bb64549ebe88955bb9fa0f502d974413aec71fec88e3544c65adfeb0afb4
 long_desc="
  Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming
  language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ Add_dependency run glibc
 Add_dependency run glib
 Add_dependency run libvala
 
+Add_dependency build xz
 Add_dependency build pkg-config
 Add_dependency build flex
 Add_dependency build libxslt	">=0"