diff --git a/package/freeipmi/freeipmi.hash b/package/freeipmi/freeipmi.hash
index 9d06be8cf9..97890d3a17 100644
--- a/package/freeipmi/freeipmi.hash
+++ b/package/freeipmi/freeipmi.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  5bcef6bb9eb680e49b4a3623579930ace7899f53925b2045fe9f91ad6904111d  freeipmi-1.6.16.tar.gz
+sha256  8098b23820038ad0aa39abf0f9a012e24683d384d9f91e760acb2a68b465e0fe  freeipmi-1.6.18.tar.gz
 sha256  8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  COPYING
 sha256  8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  COPYING.bmc-watchdog
 sha256  8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  COPYING.ipmiconsole
diff --git a/package/freeipmi/freeipmi.mk b/package/freeipmi/freeipmi.mk
index 0581b931b0..38a9adff37 100644
--- a/package/freeipmi/freeipmi.mk
+++ b/package/freeipmi/freeipmi.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-FREEIPMI_VERSION = 1.6.16
+FREEIPMI_VERSION = 1.6.18
 FREEIPMI_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/freeipmi
 FREEIPMI_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+, BSD-like (sunbmc)
 FREEIPMI_LICENSE_FILES = \