diff --git a/gemfiles/standard.rb b/gemfiles/standard.rb
index e89e2ae899..ca8833dd4c 100644
--- a/gemfiles/standard.rb
+++ b/gemfiles/standard.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ def standard_dependencies
   end
 
   if ENV['FLE'] == 'helper'
-    gem 'libmongocrypt-helper', '~> 1.8.0'
+    gem 'libmongocrypt-helper', '~> 1.12.0'
   end
 end