diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pycparser/template b/srcpkgs/python-pycparser/template
index 645dba41ea..a4392c9ee5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-pycparser/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pycparser/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-pycparser'
 pkgname=python-pycparser
-version=2.17
+version=2.18
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="pycparser-${version}"
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ build_style=python-module
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python-ply"
 pycompile_module="pycparser"
-short_desc="Complete C99 parser in pure Python2"
+short_desc="Complete C99 parser in pure Python (Python2)"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://github.com/eliben/pycparser"
 license="3-clause-BSD"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pycparser/pycparser-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0aac31e917c24cb3357f5a4d5566f2cc91a19ca41862f6c3c22dc60a629673b6
+checksum=99a8ca03e29851d96616ad0404b4aad7d9ee16f25c9f9708a11faf2810f7b226
 
 post_install() {
 	# replace bundled copy of ply