diff --git a/packages/devel/popt/package.mk b/packages/devel/popt/package.mk
index d641a62e15..c7a9a6f00c 100644
--- a/packages/devel/popt/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/popt/package.mk
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="popt"
-PKG_VERSION="1.16"
-PKG_SHA256="e728ed296fe9f069a0e005003c3d6b2dde3d9cad453422a10d6558616d304cc8"
+PKG_VERSION="1.18"
+PKG_SHA256="5159bc03a20b28ce363aa96765f37df99ea4d8850b1ece17d1e6ad5c24fdc5d1"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
-PKG_SITE="http://rpm5.org/files/popt/"
-PKG_URL="http://rpm5.org/files/popt/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_SITE="https://github.com/rpm-software-management/popt"
+PKG_URL="http://ftp.rpm.org/popt/releases/popt-1.x/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The popt library exists essentially for parsing command-line options."