diff --git a/devel/m4/Makefile b/devel/m4/Makefile
index 19c8c17e41..6726f148d0 100644
--- a/devel/m4/Makefile
+++ b/devel/m4/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=m4
-PKG_VERSION:=1.4.17
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.4.18
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/m4
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_MD5SUM:=12a3c829301a4fd6586a57d3fcf196dc
+PKG_MD5SUM:=f2c1e86ca0a404ff281631bdc8377638992744b175afb806e25871a24a934e07
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+