diff --git a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
index 65d8f36..7725b8c 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 
 gitea_user: gogs
 gitea_group: gogs
-gitea_version: 1.11.6
+
+gitea_checksum: sha256:20264002c28117d3107d3b01efde2cecea2cd98db22e18edd108ed25ae0edc53
+gitea_version: 1.12.1
 gitea_url: https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/{{ gitea_version }}/gitea-{{ gitea_version }}-linux-amd64
diff --git a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
index 92e928e..a08104b 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
   - /opt/gitea/custom
   - /opt/gitea/custom/conf
 
-# TODO fetch gitea binary
+- name: Download gitea binary
+  get_url: url={{ gitea_url }} dest=/opt/gitea/gitea checksum={{ gitea_checksum }} mode=0755
+  notify: Restart gitea
 
 - name: Configure gitea
   template: src=app.ini.j2 dest=/opt/gitea/custom/conf/app.ini force=no owner={{ gitea_user }}