diff --git a/srcpkgs/libdeflate/template b/srcpkgs/libdeflate/template
index 055d0069aa5..933612bf7db 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libdeflate/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libdeflate/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libdeflate'
 pkgname=libdeflate
-version=1.15
+version=1.18
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 checkdepends="zlib-devel"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/ebiggers/libdeflate"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ebiggers/libdeflate/master/NEWS.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ebiggers/libdeflate/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=58b95040df7383dc0413defb700d9893c194732474283cc4c8f144b00a68154b
+checksum=225d982bcaf553221c76726358d2ea139bb34913180b20823c782cede060affd
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING