diff --git a/package/iproute2/iproute2-01-optional-ipv6.patch b/package/iproute2/0001-optional-ipv6.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/iproute2/iproute2-01-optional-ipv6.patch
rename to package/iproute2/0001-optional-ipv6.patch
diff --git a/package/iproute2/iproute2-02-vxlan-optional-ipv6.patch b/package/iproute2/0002-vxlan-optional-ipv6.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/iproute2/iproute2-02-vxlan-optional-ipv6.patch
rename to package/iproute2/0002-vxlan-optional-ipv6.patch
diff --git a/package/iproute2/iproute2.hash b/package/iproute2/iproute2.hash
index 3aecbfce55..35dc554e0e 100644
--- a/package/iproute2/iproute2.hash
+++ b/package/iproute2/iproute2.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # From https://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/sha256sums.asc
-sha256	09e406636e7598e46d5d4f7b928bf5db57049d65dbeb9a496005957ee16f6000	iproute2-3.17.0.tar.xz
+sha256	d5a182154abd0749b1df7d1649115a32c65f559951477396203b1f514dbff1df	iproute2-3.18.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
index a6ab445170..0838463ed9 100644
--- a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
+++ b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-IPROUTE2_VERSION = 3.17.0
+IPROUTE2_VERSION = 3.18.0
 IPROUTE2_SOURCE = iproute2-$(IPROUTE2_VERSION).tar.xz
 IPROUTE2_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/net/iproute2
 IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-flex