diff --git a/admin/monit/Makefile b/admin/monit/Makefile
index bb3cfd09a0..9d5570f9ec 100644
--- a/admin/monit/Makefile
+++ b/admin/monit/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=monit
-PKG_VERSION:=5.11
+PKG_VERSION:=5.12.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mmonit.com/monit/dist
-PKG_MD5SUM:=ff00f39d248ed7068932ed82211da9e6
+PKG_MD5SUM:=1ffde79207270925f6f7df787d19100a
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=AGPL-3.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
diff --git a/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch b/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch
index 72163ecb3c..13d6029c29 100644
--- a/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch
+++ b/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/configure
 +++ b/configure
-@@ -13744,14 +13744,7 @@ fi
+@@ -13821,14 +13821,7 @@ fi
  # Find the right directory to put the root-mode PID file in
  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking pid file location" >&5
  $as_echo_n "checking pid file location... " >&6; }