diff --git a/package/libssh/libssh.hash b/package/libssh/libssh.hash
index 5a103eb593..8c40dea2e5 100644
--- a/package/libssh/libssh.hash
+++ b/package/libssh/libssh.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-# https://www.libssh.org/files/0.11/libssh-0.11.4.tar.xz.asc
+# https://www.libssh.org/files/0.12/libssh-0.12.0.tar.xz.asc
 # with key 88A228D89B07C2C77D0C780903D5DF8CFDD3E8E7
-sha256  002ac320e3d66c9e100ec6576e3e84aa0c48949efde3bf5b40a2802992297701  libssh-0.11.4.tar.xz
+sha256  1a6af424d8327e5eedef4e5fe7f5b924226dd617ac9f3de80f217d82a36a7121  libssh-0.12.0.tar.xz
 sha256  1656186e951db1c010a8485481fa94587f7e53a26d24976bef97945ad0c4df5a  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libssh/libssh.mk b/package/libssh/libssh.mk
index 56de66d6ea..017ff2c197 100644
--- a/package/libssh/libssh.mk
+++ b/package/libssh/libssh.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR = 0.11
-LIBSSH_VERSION = $(LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR).4
+LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR = 0.12
+LIBSSH_VERSION = $(LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR).0
 LIBSSH_SOURCE = libssh-$(LIBSSH_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBSSH_SITE = https://www.libssh.org/files/$(LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR)
 LIBSSH_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1