diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/folks/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/folks/default.nix
index 47b958002a39..7e3af8405a4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/folks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/core/folks/default.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 # TODO: enable more folks backends
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "folks-0.9.6";
+  name = "folks-0.9.8";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/folks/0.9/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "a67e055b5a2724a34a80946e2940c4c0ad708cb1f4e0a09407c6b69a5e40267f";
+    sha256 = "09cbs3ihcswpi1wg8xbjmkqjbhnxa1idy1fbzmz0gah7l5mxmlfj";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib gnome3.libgee sqlite ];