diff --git a/depends/packages/libevent.mk b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
index 1cd5a1749a..dad317193c 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libevent.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 package=libevent
-$(package)_version=2.1.11-stable
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/libevent/libevent/archive/
-$(package)_file_name=release-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=229393ab2bf0dc94694f21836846b424f3532585bac3468738b7bf752c03901e
-$(package)_patches=0001-fix-windows-getaddrinfo.patch
-
-define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/0001-fix-windows-getaddrinfo.patch && \
-  ./autogen.sh
-endef
+$(package)_version=2.1.12-stable
+$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-$($(package)_version)/
+$(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
+$(package)_sha256_hash=92e6de1be9ec176428fd2367677e61ceffc2ee1cb119035037a27d346b0403bb
 
 # When building for Windows, we set _WIN32_WINNT to target the same Windows
 # version as we do in configure. Due to quirks in libevents build system, this
diff --git a/depends/patches/libevent/0001-fix-windows-getaddrinfo.patch b/depends/patches/libevent/0001-fix-windows-getaddrinfo.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a98cd90bd5..0000000000
--- a/depends/patches/libevent/0001-fix-windows-getaddrinfo.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur libevent-2.1.8-stable.orig/configure.ac libevent-2.1.8-stable/configure.ac
---- libevent-2.1.8-stable.orig/configure.ac	2017-01-29 17:51:00.000000000 +0000
-+++ libevent-2.1.8-stable/configure.ac	2020-03-07 01:11:16.311335005 +0000
-@@ -389,6 +389,10 @@
- 		#ifdef HAVE_NETDB_H
- 		#include <netdb.h>
- 		#endif
-+#ifdef _WIN32
-+#include <winsock2.h>
-+#include <ws2tcpip.h>
-+#endif
- 	    ]],
- 	    [[
- 		getaddrinfo;
-Only in libevent-2.1.8-stable: configure.ac~
diff --git a/doc/dependencies.md b/doc/dependencies.md
index bca8169a4b..31fb105ffe 100644
--- a/doc/dependencies.md
+++ b/doc/dependencies.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ These are the dependencies currently used by Dash Core. You can find instruction
 | GCC |  | [7+](https://gcc.gnu.org/) (C++17 support) |  |  |  |
 | glibc | | [2.18](https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/) |  |  |  |  |
 | HarfBuzz-NG |  |  |  |  | [Yes](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/develop/depends/packages/qt.mk) |
-| libevent | [2.1.11-stable](https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases) | [2.0.21](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/18676) | No |  |  |
+| libevent | [2.1.12-stable](https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases) | [2.0.21](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/18676) | No |  |  |
 | libnatpmp | git commit [4536032...](https://github.com/miniupnp/libnatpmp/tree/4536032ae32268a45c073a4d5e91bbab4534773a) |  | No |  |  |
 | libpng |  |  |  |  | [Yes](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/blob/develop/depends/packages/qt.mk) |
 | Linux Kernel | [N/A](https://www.kernel.org/) | 3.2.0 | | | |