diff --git a/programming/library/spdlog/files/spdlog_fmt_external.patch b/programming/library/spdlog/files/spdlog_fmt_external.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79bbd94b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programming/library/spdlog/files/spdlog_fmt_external.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/include/spdlog/tweakme.h b/include/spdlog/tweakme.h
+index 24361f30..6b4fc14c 100644
+--- a/include/spdlog/tweakme.h
++++ b/include/spdlog/tweakme.h
+@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@
+ // In this case spdlog will try to include <fmt/format.h> so set your -I flag
+ // accordingly.
+ //
+-// #define SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL
++#ifndef SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL
++#define SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL
++#endif
+ ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+ 
+ ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/programming/library/spdlog/pspec.xml b/programming/library/spdlog/pspec.xml
index a2273e1c4e..b871d9c1f1 100644
--- a/programming/library/spdlog/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/library/spdlog/pspec.xml
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@
 		<PartOf>programming.library</PartOf>
 		<Summary>Fast C++ logging library.</Summary>
 		<Description>Very fast, header-only/compiled, C++ logging library.</Description>
-		<Archive sha1sum="b0d3106fe0e3c81a51c1bf710b6ac06daa496435" type="targz">
-			https://github.com/gabime/spdlog/archive/refs/tags/v1.11.0.tar.gz
+		<Archive sha1sum="1f35eb7f07ae7ce424dce7a8b7f96b27e589d4c4" type="targz">
+			https://github.com/gabime/spdlog/archive/refs/tags/v1.12.0.tar.gz
 		</Archive>
 		<BuildDependencies>
 			<Dependency>cmake</Dependency>
 			<Dependency>fmt-devel</Dependency>
 		</BuildDependencies>
+		<Patches>
+			<Patch level="1">spdlog_fmt_external.patch</Patch>
+		</Patches>
 	</Source>
 
 	<Package>
@@ -47,6 +50,13 @@
 	</Package>
 
 	<History>
+		<Update release="4">
+			<Date>2024-08-18</Date>
+			<Version>1.12.0</Version>
+			<Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+			<Name>fury</Name>
+			<Email>uglyside@yandex.ru</Email>
+		</Update>
 		<Update release="3">
 			<Date>2022-11-10</Date>
 			<Version>1.11.0</Version>