diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e85534e8f0..6180e82b57 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ if (ENABLE_SDL2)
     if (CITRA_USE_BUNDLED_SDL2)
         # Detect toolchain and platform
         if ((MSVC_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 1910 AND MSVC_VERSION LESS 1930) AND ARCHITECTURE_x86_64)
-            set(SDL2_VER "SDL2-2.0.10")
+            set(SDL2_VER "SDL2-2.0.12")
         else()
             message(FATAL_ERROR "No bundled SDL2 binaries for your toolchain. Disable CITRA_USE_BUNDLED_SDL2 and provide your own.")
         endif()
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 6eb4bccaaf..7fe5819441 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ install:
   - ps: |
         if ($env:BUILD_TYPE -eq 'mingw') {
           $dependencies = "mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5 mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-ffmpeg"
-          C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "pacman --noconfirm -U http://repo.msys2.org/mingw/x86_64/mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2-2.0.10-1-any.pkg.tar.xz"
+          C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "pacman --noconfirm -U http://repo.msys2.org/mingw/x86_64/mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2-2.0.12-1-any.pkg.tar.xz"
           C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "pacman --noconfirm -S $dependencies"
           # (HACK) ignore errors
           0
diff --git a/src/input_common/sdl/sdl_impl.cpp b/src/input_common/sdl/sdl_impl.cpp
index f186787b8e..f48a57c9ec 100644
--- a/src/input_common/sdl/sdl_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/input_common/sdl/sdl_impl.cpp
@@ -474,11 +474,10 @@ SDLState::SDLState() {
     }
 // these hints are only defined on sdl2.0.9 or higher
 #if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 9)
-    // This can be set back to 1 when the compatibility problems with the controllers are
-    // solved. There are also hints to toggle the individual drivers.
+#if !SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 12)
+    // There are also hints to toggle the individual drivers if needed.
     SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI, "0");
-    // This hint should probably stay as "0" as long as the hidapi PS4 led issue isn't fixed
-    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS4, "0");
+#endif
 #endif
 
     SDL_AddEventWatch(&SDLEventWatcher, this);