diff --git a/packages/devel/automake/package.mk b/packages/devel/automake/package.mk
index 35b9a2201f..f3a350cf29 100644
--- a/packages/devel/automake/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/automake/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="automake"
-PKG_VERSION="1.17"
-PKG_SHA256="8920c1fc411e13b90bf704ef9db6f29d540e76d232cb3b2c9f4dc4cc599bd990"
+PKG_VERSION="1.18"
+PKG_SHA256="5bdccca96b007a7e344c24204b9b9ac12ecd17f5971931a9063bdee4887f4aaf"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://sources.redhat.com/automake/"
 PKG_URL="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/automake/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"