diff --git a/network/connection/ModemManager/actions.py b/network/connection/ModemManager/actions.py
index 031fe677f0..10570258d9 100644
--- a/network/connection/ModemManager/actions.py
+++ b/network/connection/ModemManager/actions.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ def setup():
                          --with-udev-base-dir=/lib/udev \
                          --enable-gtk-doc \
                          --with-polkit=permissive")
+    
+    pisitools.dosed("libtool", " -shared ", " -Wl,-O1,--as-needed -shared ")
 
 def build():
     autotools.make()
diff --git a/network/connection/ModemManager/pspec.xml b/network/connection/ModemManager/pspec.xml
index 1b500c1192..9271b601c9 100644
--- a/network/connection/ModemManager/pspec.xml
+++ b/network/connection/ModemManager/pspec.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <IsA>service</IsA>
         <Summary>A manager framework for mobile broadband modems</Summary>
         <Description>ModemManager provides a unified high level API for communicating with mobile broadband modems.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="d7b42295cb76eaf603b1ea3e10d3d97def005736" type="tarxz">http://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/ModemManager-1.6.4.tar.xz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="d08004666df8e615c3d2a06af3b5dac4ac125a13" type="tarxz">http://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/ModemManager-1.6.12.tar.xz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>glib2-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libgudev-devel</Dependency>
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
             <Dependency>intltool</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gtk-doc</Dependency>
             <Dependency>docbook-xsl</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python-six</Dependency>
             <Dependency>vala-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>
@@ -100,6 +101,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="4">
+            <Date>2018-02-19</Date>
+            <Version>1.6.12</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="4">
             <Date>2017-02-19</Date>
             <Version>1.6.4</Version>