diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt/package.nix
index 084657ebe830..9165b9b79706 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt/package.nix
@@ -121,14 +121,14 @@ assert enableZfs -> isLinux;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libvirt";
   # if you update, also bump <nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt/default.nix> and SysVirt in <nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix>
-  version = "12.4.0";
+  version = "12.6.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "libvirt";
     repo = "libvirt";
     tag = "v${version}";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    hash = "sha256-xgXbgZ8UDdiKPJSGEHB5PasGws5VvCgd+DpoOxwceEA=";
+    hash = "sha256-SEscELXhiEoFnDDcxV7Jb2LjyheNJbgPp7AnXix2GVU=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       (feat "tests" true)
       (feat "udev" isLinux)
       (feat "json_c" true)
+      (feat "libvirtd" true)
 
       (driver "ch" (isLinux && (stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 || stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64)))
       (driver "esx" true)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt-python/default.nix
index 41536ab66f05..c61c64ebbc2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt-python/default.nix
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "libvirt-python";
-  version = "12.4.0";
+  version = "12.6.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "libvirt";
     repo = "libvirt-python";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-8+o3ji7b0PCGxnHbsUJTUn1oudeN3rV+ehUILmufD1M=";
+    hash = "sha256-BJGXIc3Oggwod4d+JT7ag///oQIErqHVnORhn9CUUr0=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 34f6193bc6a3..beaa4a096ff9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -32798,12 +32798,12 @@ with self;
 
   SysVirt = buildPerlModule rec {
     pname = "Sys-Virt";
-    version = "12.4.0";
+    version = "12.6.0";
     src = fetchFromGitLab {
       owner = "libvirt";
       repo = "libvirt-perl";
       tag = "v${version}";
-      hash = "sha256-GMZvSRZnxrPvhhLOJoFnNas7+ccsGXsL6s16EAeeFJQ=";
+      hash = "sha256-Na+O1sw5elyDsUutevcJh1WuhVHCBDu5usDx1zme9WI=";
     };
     nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
     buildInputs = [