diff --git a/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.hash b/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.hash
index 80f8d915fe..580a99edf0 100644
--- a/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.hash
+++ b/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/flit_core/json
-md5  6d677b1acef1769c4c7156c7508e0dbd  flit_core-3.11.0.tar.gz
-sha256  6ceeee3219e9d2ea282041f3e027c441597b450b33007cb81168e887b6113a8f  flit_core-3.11.0.tar.gz
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/flit-core/json
+md5  c538415c1f27bd69cbbbf3cdd5135d39  flit_core-3.12.0.tar.gz
+sha256  18f63100d6f94385c6ed57a72073443e1a71a4acb4339491615d0f16d6ff01b2  flit_core-3.12.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  35b4f1dec512e617077fd6980dbb43ef8c2887adc5d0185edb4c04da175dd816  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.mk b/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.mk
index e46453443c..ee958cece5 100644
--- a/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.mk
+++ b/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_VERSION = 3.11.0
+PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_VERSION = 3.12.0
 PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_SOURCE = flit_core-$(PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bc/18/b9b81cab2b8f63e6e7f72e1ba2766a0454fcd563e7a77b8299cb917ba805
+PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/69/59/b6fc2188dfc7ea4f936cd12b49d707f66a1cb7a1d2c16172963534db741b
 PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_SETUP_TYPE = flit-bootstrap