diff --git a/srcpkgs/protobuf/template b/srcpkgs/protobuf/template
index f3fc17b83a2..571f06487c8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/protobuf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/protobuf/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'protobuf'
 pkgname=protobuf
-version=21.11
+version=21.12
 revision=1
 create_wrksrc="yes"
 build_wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/protobuf/master/CHANGES.txt"
 _googletest_commit="5ec7f0c4a113e2f18ac2c6cc7df51ad6afc24081"
 distfiles="https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v${version}.tar.gz
  https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/${_googletest_commit}.tar.gz"
-checksum="b1d6dd2cbb5d87e17af41cadb720322ce7e13af826268707bd8db47e5654770b
+checksum="22fdaf641b31655d4b2297f9981fa5203b2866f8332d3c6333f6b0107bb320de
  0e2f36e8e403c125fd0ab02171bdb786d3b6b3875b6ccf3b2eb7969be8faecd0"
 
 # Switch to versioned package