diff --git a/srcpkgs/libuv/template b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
index 40336261b4..33f2fc1ade 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libuv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'libuv'
 pkgname=libuv
-version=1.17.0
+version=1.18.0
 revision=1
 short_desc="Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ build_style="gnu-configure"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 homepage="http://libuv.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/libuv/libuv/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=c7282fd7ccec9b8c331e7bb6d5008617f8a980e61ec5748be61c263b85efb47c
+checksum=772f93776ba68a357b515cda1515ce898674ef6cde30826d0cac64ce9950ebb0
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh