diff --git a/package/rpm/rpm.hash b/package/rpm/rpm.hash
index 19b6dd9176..dfe50303f7 100644
--- a/package/rpm/rpm.hash
+++ b/package/rpm/rpm.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# From https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.17.0.html
-sha256  2e0d220b24749b17810ed181ac1ed005a56bbb6bc8ac429c21f314068dc65e6a  rpm-4.17.0.tar.bz2
+# From https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0.html
+sha256  2a17152d7187ab30edf2c2fb586463bdf6388de7b5837480955659e5e9054554  rpm-4.18.0.tar.bz2
 
 # Hash for license file
 sha256  171d94d9f1641316bff7f157a903237dc69cdb5fca405fed8c832c76ed8370f9  COPYING
diff --git a/package/rpm/rpm.mk b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
index 5c04d47f10..fc57a14fd6 100644
--- a/package/rpm/rpm.mk
+++ b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-RPM_VERSION_MAJOR = 4.17
+RPM_VERSION_MAJOR = 4.18
 RPM_VERSION = $(RPM_VERSION_MAJOR).0
 RPM_SOURCE = rpm-$(RPM_VERSION).tar.bz2
 RPM_SITE = http://ftp.rpm.org/releases/rpm-$(RPM_VERSION_MAJOR).x