diff --git a/srcpkgs/dbus/template b/srcpkgs/dbus/template
index e9b9c38eed..9ff1f8e0f8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dbus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dbus/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'dbus'
 pkgname=dbus
-version=1.12.16
-revision=2
+version=1.12.18
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-selinux --enable-inotify --with-dbus-user=dbus
  --enable-xml-docs --enable-epoll
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://dbus.freedesktop.org/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freedesktop/dbus/dbus-1.12/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=54a22d2fa42f2eb2a871f32811c6005b531b9613b1b93a0d269b05e7549fec80
-python_version=2 #unverified
+checksum=64cf4d70840230e5e9bc784d153880775ab3db19d656ead8a0cb9c0ab5a95306
+python_version=3
 conf_files="/etc/dbus-1/*.conf"
 
 # Create dbus:22 system account.