diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index 66b7773d86..5e2f9eb936 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -9337,14 +9337,14 @@ almost the same speed for encoding: about 3% slower when encoding 32 bytes.
 (define-public rust-bstr-1
   (package
     (name "rust-bstr")
-    (version "1.11.1")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (crate-uri "bstr" version))
-              (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "1j32ghvgwvc40bc6g38ximk52dv1xfknkzfmdwpgjnrsd1yk0skq"))))
+    (version "1.12.0")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (crate-uri "bstr" version))
+       (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "195i0gd7r7jg7a8spkmw08492n7rmiabcvz880xn2z8dkp8i6h93"))))
     (build-system cargo-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:tests? #f      ; Not all files included.