diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd134af80..ab7fe48bf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2044,8 +2044,8 @@ ROCKSDB_JAVADOCS_JAR = rocksdbjni-$(ROCKSDB_JAVA_VERSION)-javadoc.jar
 ROCKSDB_SOURCES_JAR = rocksdbjni-$(ROCKSDB_JAVA_VERSION)-sources.jar
 SHA256_CMD = sha256sum
 
-ZLIB_VER ?= 1.2.11
-ZLIB_SHA256 ?= c3e5e9fdd5004dcb542feda5ee4f0ff0744628baf8ed2dd5d66f8ca1197cb1a1
+ZLIB_VER ?= 1.2.12
+ZLIB_SHA256 ?= 91844808532e5ce316b3c010929493c0244f3d37593afd6de04f71821d5136d9
 ZLIB_DOWNLOAD_BASE ?= http://zlib.net
 BZIP2_VER ?= 1.0.8
 BZIP2_SHA256 ?= ab5a03176ee106d3f0fa90e381da478ddae405918153cca248e682cd0c4a2269