diff --git a/package/simicsfs/simicsfs.mk b/package/simicsfs/simicsfs.mk
index 3acd265fa1..99dda84b9b 100644
--- a/package/simicsfs/simicsfs.mk
+++ b/package/simicsfs/simicsfs.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ###############################################################################
 
-SIMICSFS_VERSION = 1.17
+SIMICSFS_VERSION = 1.18
 SIMICSFS_SITE = http://download.simics.net/pub
 SIMICSFS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 SIMICSFS_LICENSE_FILES = hostfs.h