diff --git a/gemfiles/standard.rb b/gemfiles/standard.rb
index 0285630e2e..c855ec7247 100644
--- a/gemfiles/standard.rb
+++ b/gemfiles/standard.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ def standard_dependencies
   end
 
   if ENV['FLE'] == 'helper'
-    gem 'libmongocrypt-helper', '~> 1.8.0'
+    gem 'libmongocrypt-helper', '~> 1.12.0'
   end
 end