diff --git a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
index cdbe17b135e0df3b0203e57515e7afa7151d9869..2ecfe53374484812d687851d260f2f80ce77205f 100644
--- a/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
+++ b/cmake/toolchain/heptools-dev-base.cmake
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ if(NOT ${LCG_OS} STREQUAL mac)
   LCG_external_package(xgboost           0.90                                     )
 endif()
 LCG_external_package(xqilla            2.3.3                                    )
-LCG_external_package(xrootd            4.11.2                                   )
+LCG_external_package(xrootd            4.12.2                                   )
 LCG_external_package(xz                5.0.4                                    )
 LCG_external_package(yamlcpp           0.6.3                                    )
 LCG_external_package(zeromq            4.3.2                                    )