diff --git a/srcpkgs/ddrescue/template b/srcpkgs/ddrescue/template
index e759e687b2..c080d6335b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ddrescue/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ddrescue/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'ddrescue'
 pkgname=ddrescue
-version=1.17
-revision=2
+version=1.18.1
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="lzip"
 short_desc="Data recovery tool"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.lz"
-checksum=bef96c181b031cc7de9d02c0aec2e8dbf860d149fa2f35f967448a48ffd2752f
+checksum=58614b4fd32706bd8cd3664349ca9fd0c0488b27a211d829d29e27e4978ba1a9
 
 do_configure() {
 	./configure --prefix=/usr CXX="$CXX" CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"