diff --git a/srcpkgs/freetype/template b/srcpkgs/freetype/template
index d17f3e4e63..4ec047d220 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freetype/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freetype/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file 'freetype'.
 pkgname=freetype
-version=2.4.11
-revision=2
+version=2.4.12
+revision=1
 patch_args="-Np1"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.freetype.org/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=ef9d0bcb64647d9e5125dc7534d7ca371c98310fec87677c410f397f71ffbe3f
+checksum=a78a17486689ab6852a9e1a759b179827ac9dfd7e2f237ddf169c73398c85381
 
 freetype-devel_package() {
 	depends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel freetype>=$version"
-	short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		for f in bin include share; do
 			vmove usr/${f}