The dark energy density of the universe is obtained from the Higgs potential by introducing a Higgs-dependent neutrino mass. In the standard picture of electro-weak symmetry breaking the Higgs potential is Vϕ=(λ/4)(ϕ2−v2)2 and the Higgs field rolls down to the minima at 〈ϕ〉=v=246.2GeV and the net vacuum energy is zero. Now if the neutrino mass is a function of the Higgs field, then the vacuum expectation value of the Higgs is determined by maximizing the total pressure of the Higgs self interaction and the neutrino fluid Pϕ+Pν(m(ϕ)) w.r.t ϕ. The new minima 〈ϕ〉=v+σm shifts from the standard Higgs vev v by a small amount σm. The total pressure of the Higgs-neutrino coupled fluid Pϕ(v+σm)+Pν(v+σm)=−ρΛ appears as the dark energy density of the universe. The magnitude of the dark energy is thus determined by to the neutrino mass and the Higgs potential.