diff --git a/gnu/packages/freeipmi.scm b/gnu/packages/freeipmi.scm
index 2a0d7627f4ef6d658313c66cc76b783d3b429f97..185d0875986c9147566443a0ac081c193a485765 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freeipmi.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freeipmi.scm
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ (define-module (gnu packages freeipmi)
 (define-public freeipmi
   (package
     (name "freeipmi")
-    (version "1.2.6")
+    (version "1.2.8")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/freeipmi/freeipmi-"
                                  version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0fjc9kr6x1k55a101qikl3rsc9y6fh4iqr84mj7kgzqgk7rwp5ij"))))
+               "0aqbjlqv8nh5nnfx5icyvcvws87xnwqjqsfszjx0jqb539snrc58"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("readline" ,readline) ("libgcrypt" ,libgcrypt)))