diff --git a/roles/influxdb_exporter/defaults/main.yml b/roles/influxdb_exporter/defaults/main.yml
index 394fcf84..27088868 100644
--- a/roles/influxdb_exporter/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/influxdb_exporter/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-influxdb_exporter_version: "0.11.5"
+influxdb_exporter_version: 0.12.0
 influxdb_exporter_binary_url: "https://github.com/{{ _influxdb_exporter_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ influxdb_exporter_version }}/\
                            influxdb_exporter-{{ influxdb_exporter_version }}.{{ ansible_system | lower }}-{{ _influxdb_exporter_go_ansible_arch }}.tar.gz"
 influxdb_exporter_checksums_url: "https://github.com/{{ _influxdb_exporter_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ influxdb_exporter_version }}/sha256sums.txt"
diff --git a/roles/influxdb_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/influxdb_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 143fe230..ad7b1d5c 100644
--- a/roles/influxdb_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/influxdb_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ argument_specs:
     options:
       influxdb_exporter_version:
         description: "influxdb exporter package version. Also accepts latest as parameter."
-        default: "0.11.5"
+        default: "0.12.0"
       influxdb_exporter_binary_url:
         description: "URL of the influxdb exporter binaries .tar.gz file"
         default: "https://github.com/{{ _influxdb_exporter_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ influxdb_exporter_version }}/influxdb_exporter-{{ influxdb_exporter_version }}.{{ ansible_system | lower }}-{{ _influxdb_exporter_go_ansible_arch }}.tar.gz"