diff --git a/package/libdnet/libdnet.hash b/package/libdnet/libdnet.hash
index 0ffeca603a..4d8198de98 100644
--- a/package/libdnet/libdnet.hash
+++ b/package/libdnet/libdnet.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  7df1f0a3db9cf03b48cf50ab273fd6a20c1be99eb9344b9663fe3fd9ed9dab65  libdnet-1.16.4.tar.gz
+sha256  a4a82275c7d83b85b1daac6ebac9461352731922161f1dcdcccd46c318f583c9  libdnet-1.18.0.tar.gz
 sha256  6b46ec86e290066c47b6607d322135b3c473566e7225ac23d35a7c0588a82da6  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libdnet/libdnet.mk b/package/libdnet/libdnet.mk
index e678565bdf..8eebd1050d 100644
--- a/package/libdnet/libdnet.mk
+++ b/package/libdnet/libdnet.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBDNET_VERSION = 1.16.4
+LIBDNET_VERSION = 1.18.0
 LIBDNET_SITE = $(call github,ofalk,libdnet,libdnet-$(LIBDNET_VERSION))
 LIBDNET_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 LIBDNET_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE