diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 43caa2ce0b5..86c7da1d51b 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -2081,6 +2081,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/python-sphinx-prompt-docutils-0.19.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/python-zeroc-ice-3.6.5-python-3.11-support.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/qcodeeditor-qt6.patch			\
+  %D%/packages/patches/qgit-2.12-fix-search-style.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/qtdeclarative-5-disable-qmlcache.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/qtdeclarative-disable-qmlcache.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/qtlocation-5.15.8-mapboxgl-gcc13.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/qgit-2.12-fix-search-style.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/qgit-2.12-fix-search-style.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07d87dfeb21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/qgit-2.12-fix-search-style.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 757c0fc17b879f5a5719e6959c926c997ef5c4f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Cristian Tibirna <tibirna@kde.org>
+Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 20:21:11 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue #162: match partial strings as well as wildcards in
+ listview search
+
+---
+ src/listview.cpp | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/listview.cpp b/src/listview.cpp
+index 3223d61..8cd8f71 100644
+--- a/src/listview.cpp
++++ b/src/listview.cpp
+@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ bool ListViewProxy::filterAcceptsRow(int source_row, const QModelIndex&) const {
+ int ListViewProxy::setFilter(bool isOn, bool h, SCRef fl, int cn, ShaSet* s) {
+ 
+ #if QT_VERSION >= 0x060000
+-	filter = QRegularExpression::fromWildcard(fl, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
++	filter = QRegularExpression::fromWildcard(fl, Qt::CaseInsensitive, QRegularExpression::UnanchoredWildcardConversion);
+ #else
+ 	filter = QRegExp(fl, Qt::CaseInsensitive, QRegExp::Wildcard);
+ #endif
diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
index cb540592402..df0b75685d5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages xml)
   #:use-module (gnu packages emacs)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages qt)
   #:use-module (gnu packages sdl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages swig)
   #:use-module (gnu packages sync)
@@ -4609,7 +4610,7 @@ TkDiff is included for browsing and merging your changes.")
 (define-public qgit
   (package
     (name "qgit")
-    (version "2.11")
+    (version "2.12")
     (source (origin
               (method git-fetch)
               (uri (git-reference
@@ -4618,12 +4619,20 @@ TkDiff is included for browsing and merging your changes.")
               (file-name (git-file-name name version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "11948zzszi28js3pbxlss8r85jlb6fizxm8f5ljqk67m5qxk2v0f"))))
+                "16gy1xyn4xa3bjziphcdixbf6qv3bcs81z2k9j6biwpzs1ingkdb"))
+              ;; TODO: Remove this patch in the next update since it is fixed
+              ;; in the next commit.
+              (patches
+               (search-patches "qgit-2.12-fix-search-style.patch"))))
     (build-system qt-build-system)
     (arguments
-     (list #:tests? #f)) ;no tests
+     (list #:qtbase qtbase
+           #:tests? #f)) ;no tests
     (propagated-inputs
      (list git))
+    (inputs
+     (list qt5compat
+           qtwayland))
     (home-page "https://github.com/tibirna/qgit")
     (synopsis "Graphical front-end for git")
     (description