diff --git a/configs/sheevaplug_defconfig b/configs/sheevaplug_defconfig
index edafffe0a0..17139f7afb 100644
--- a/configs/sheevaplug_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sheevaplug_defconfig
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="sheevaplug"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2016.05"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2018.07"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_KWB=y
 # BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NETWORK is not set