diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.12.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.12.nix
index 9a0f314c2465..a0d089807193 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.12.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-3.12.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "3.12.69";
+  version = "3.12.70";
   extraMeta.branch = "3.12";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1pzghmj0j2shms4n3knryigy73qssskd6awbgk6mmyg42wypbcmm";
+    sha256 = "07l6wjhlii2qlki447d702fi1ycyd85iq750xjmsnnz9xrilw7sc";
   };
 
   kernelPatches = args.kernelPatches;