diff --git a/etc/config/paraview.csh b/etc/config/paraview.csh
index c3bde490f4d74301cae4007beaf31fddb7df6600..7fa619881e94d4642e3026472bf31bb9119fb742 100644
--- a/etc/config/paraview.csh
+++ b/etc/config/paraview.csh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ foreach cmake ( cmake-2.8.4 cmake-2.8.3 cmake-2.8.1 )
 end
 
 #- ParaView version, automatically determine major version:
-setenv ParaView_VERSION 3.10.1
+setenv ParaView_VERSION 3.12.0
 setenv ParaView_MAJOR detect
 
 
diff --git a/etc/config/paraview.sh b/etc/config/paraview.sh
index 754f9fade641f1c2e9cbc3f6b79bb16eb6a27723..a432e62c54a168c2189991d5427a5977f813205f 100644
--- a/etc/config/paraview.sh
+++ b/etc/config/paraview.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ done
 
 
 #- ParaView version, automatically determine major version
-export ParaView_VERSION=3.10.1
+export ParaView_VERSION=3.12.0
 export ParaView_MAJOR=detect