diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/popt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/popt/default.nix
index b04a2242ab7a..1c6fdb6da7c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/popt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/popt/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "popt";
-  version = "1.16";
+  version = "1.18";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/p/popt/popt_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1j2c61nn2n351nhj4d25mnf3vpiddcykq005w2h6kw79dwlysa77";
+    sha256 = "1lf5zlj5rbg6s4bww7hbhpca97prgprnarx978vcwa0bl81vqnai";
   };
 
   patches = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isCygwin [