diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
index 416ecb5631ed..8e7d10782157 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gpgme/default.nix
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gpgme-${version}";
-  version = "1.11.1";
+  version = "1.12.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnupg/gpgme/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0vxx5xaag3rhp4g2arp5qm77gvz4kj0m3hnpvhkdvqyjfhbi26rd";
+    sha256 = "1n4c1q2ls7sqx1vpr3p5n8vbjkw6kqp8jxqa28p0x9j36wf9bp5l";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "info" ];
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   checkInputs = [ which ];
 
-  doCheck = false; # fails 8 out of 26 tests with "GPGME: Decryption failed". Spooky!
+  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://gnupg.org/software/gpgme/index.html;