diff --git a/roles/nginx_exporter/defaults/main.yml b/roles/nginx_exporter/defaults/main.yml
index 4ee4e3bf8..8be5866e9 100644
--- a/roles/nginx_exporter/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx_exporter/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-nginx_exporter_version: 1.1.0
+nginx_exporter_version: 1.2.0
 nginx_exporter_binary_local_dir: ""
 nginx_exporter_binary_url: "https://github.com/{{ _nginx_exporter_repo }}/releases/download/v{{ nginx_exporter_version }}/\
                           nginx-prometheus-exporter_{{ nginx_exporter_version }}_linux_{{ go_arch }}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/roles/nginx_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/nginx_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 7fa28fd4d..a28301399 100644
--- a/roles/nginx_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx_exporter/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ argument_specs:
     options:
       nginx_exporter_version:
         description: "nginx_exporter package version. Also accepts latest as parameter."
-        default: "1.1.0"
+        default: "1.2.0"
       nginx_exporter_skip_install:
         description: "nginx_exporter installation tasks gets skipped when set to true."
         type: bool