diff --git a/srcpkgs/json-c/template b/srcpkgs/json-c/template
index 4e306fbb8b0..39b54b74149 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/json-c/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/json-c/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'json-c'
 pkgname=json-c
-version=0.17
+version=0.18
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_THREADING=ON -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=ON
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://json-c.github.io/json-c"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/json-c/json-c/master/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://s3.amazonaws.com/json-c_releases/releases/json-c-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7550914d58fb63b2c3546f3ccfbe11f1c094147bd31a69dcd23714d7956159e6
+checksum=876ab046479166b869afc6896d288183bbc0e5843f141200c677b3e8dfb11724
 
 CFLAGS="-Wno-error"