diff --git a/gnu/packages/wm.scm b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
index 53259dcb29..a63e597599 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 xd1le <elisp.vim@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Paul van der Walt <paul@denknerd.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -144,14 +145,14 @@ commands would.")
 (define-public i3-wm
   (package
     (name "i3-wm")
-    (version "4.10.3")
+    (version "4.12")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "http://i3wm.org/downloads/i3-"
                                   version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1lq7h4w7m0hi31iva8g7yf1sc11ispnknxjdaj9agld4smxqb44j"))))
+                "1d3q3lgpjbkmcwzjhp0dfr0jq847silcfg087slcnj95ikh1r7p1"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:make-flags (list "CC=gcc" (string-append "PREFIX=" %output))