diff --git a/package/base/m4/m4.desc b/package/base/m4/m4.desc
index 0b24bbe3f..eb50a9a1c 100644
--- a/package/base/m4/m4.desc
+++ b/package/base/m4/m4.desc
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.4.10
+[V] 1.4.12
 [P] X --23-5---9 103.800
 
-[D] 2574227560 m4-1.4.10.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/m4/
+[D] 2426494820 m4-1.4.12.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/m4/