diff --git a/srcpkgs/upower/template b/srcpkgs/upower/template
index 667cb3228d5..9a70287b341 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/upower/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/upower/template
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'upower'
 pkgname=upower
-version=0.9.11
-distfiles="http://upower.freedesktop.org/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+version=0.9.12
+homepage="http://upower.freedesktop.org"
+distfiles="${homepage}/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--localstatedir=/var --with-backend=linux"
 short_desc="Abstraction for enumerating power devices"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=567358cc1b4887485d29e309897dd091c2c2ae95e48dfbb3279ffdc44a4b2956
+license="GPL-2"
+checksum=06e7bb323c93a8e377a3cc5000b8deafdd22c92f3d2f3ef7f1a1f74d8e134bb0
 long_desc="
  UPower is an abstraction for enumerating power devices, listening to device
  events and querying history and statistics. Any application or service on