diff --git a/lang/chicken/Makefile b/lang/chicken/Makefile
index 1b410a66f662..798db259bbb3 100644
--- a/lang/chicken/Makefile
+++ b/lang/chicken/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	chicken
-PORTVERSION=	4.11.0
+PORTVERSION=	4.12.0
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	lang scheme
 MASTER_SITES=	http://code.call-cc.org/releases/${PORTVERSION}/
diff --git a/lang/chicken/distinfo b/lang/chicken/distinfo
index f3a40700f128..d28405035ea0 100644
--- a/lang/chicken/distinfo
+++ b/lang/chicken/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1464444057
-SHA256 (chicken-4.11.0.tar.gz) = e3dc2b8f95b6a3cd59c85b5bb6bdb2bd9cefc45b5d536a20cad74e3c63f4ad89
-SIZE (chicken-4.11.0.tar.gz) = 4201815
+TIMESTAMP = 1488700400
+SHA256 (chicken-4.12.0.tar.gz) = 605ace459bc66e8c5f82abb03d9b1c9ca36f1c2295931d244d03629a947a6989
+SIZE (chicken-4.12.0.tar.gz) = 4240266