diff -Naur gucharmap-12.0.1-orig/gucharmap/gucharmap-unicode-info.h gucharmap-12.0.1/gucharmap/gucharmap-unicode-info.h
--- gucharmap-12.0.1-orig/gucharmap/gucharmap-unicode-info.h	2019-03-07 21:21:27.000000000 +0100
+++ gucharmap-12.0.1/gucharmap/gucharmap-unicode-info.h	2019-11-14 17:43:55.007583238 +0100
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
   GUCHARMAP_UNICODE_VERSION_10_0,
   GUCHARMAP_UNICODE_VERSION_11_0,
   GUCHARMAP_UNICODE_VERSION_12_0,
-  GUCHARMAP_UNICODE_VERSION_LATEST = GUCHARMAP_UNICODE_VERSION_12_0 /* private, will move forward with each revision */
+  GUCHARMAP_UNICODE_VERSION_12_1,
+  GUCHARMAP_UNICODE_VERSION_LATEST = GUCHARMAP_UNICODE_VERSION_12_1 /* private, will move forward with each revision */
 } GucharmapUnicodeVersion;
 
 /* return values are read-only */
diff -Naur gucharmap-12.0.1-orig/gucharmap/gucharmap-window.c gucharmap-12.0.1/gucharmap/gucharmap-window.c
--- gucharmap-12.0.1-orig/gucharmap/gucharmap-window.c	2019-03-07 21:21:27.000000000 +0100
+++ gucharmap-12.0.1/gucharmap/gucharmap-window.c	2019-11-14 17:45:11.145809820 +0100
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
   gtk_show_about_dialog (GTK_WINDOW (guw),
 			 "program-name", _("GNOME Character Map"),
 			 "version", VERSION,
-			 "comments", _("Based on the Unicode Character Database 12.0.0"),
+			 "comments", _("Based on the Unicode Character Database 12.1.0"),
 			 "copyright", "Copyright © 2004 Noah Levitt\n"
 				      "Copyright © 1991–2019 Unicode, Inc.\n"
 				      "Copyright © 2007–2019 Christian Persch\n"
diff -Naur gucharmap-12.0.1-orig/gucharmap/Makefile.am gucharmap-12.0.1/gucharmap/Makefile.am
--- gucharmap-12.0.1-orig/gucharmap/Makefile.am	2019-03-07 21:21:27.000000000 +0100
+++ gucharmap-12.0.1/gucharmap/Makefile.am	2019-11-14 17:42:37.532370238 +0100
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 
 WGETFLAGS = --timestamping --timeout=300 --tries=8 --no-directories --directory-prefix="$(builddir)"
 
-unicode_version = 12.0.0
+unicode_version = 12.1.0
 
 unicode_files = \
 	Blocks.txt \