diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d645233..08dc06d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 /pcsc-lite-1.8.15.tar.bz2.asc
 /pcsc-lite-1.8.16.tar.bz2.asc
 /pcsc-lite-1.8.17.tar.bz2.asc
+/pcsc-lite-1.8.18.tar.bz2.asc
diff --git a/pcsc-lite.spec b/pcsc-lite.spec
index 3d39613..9a1762c 100644
--- a/pcsc-lite.spec
+++ b/pcsc-lite.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global upstream_build 3963
 
 Name:           pcsc-lite
-Version:        1.8.17
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.8.18
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        PC/SC Lite smart card framework and applications
 
 Group:          System Environment/Daemons
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_docdir}/pcsc-lite/README.DAEMON
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 30 2016 Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com> - 1.8.18-1
+- New upstream release
+
 * Thu Jun 30 2016 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> - 1.8.17-2
 - Add dependency on polkit
 - Mark COPYING as %%license
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index be14cae..5d7c977 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-346968a233a656eca5eca9e675fa9c04  pcsc-lite-1.8.17.tar.bz2.asc
-f0e98285843903527bd9e043df81e73b  pcsc-lite-1.8.17.tar.bz2
+a488d89087808b17b7eda06709002539  pcsc-lite-1.8.18.tar.bz2.asc
+03d92b060183b9cb0b559ea38c6c6c6f  pcsc-lite-1.8.18.tar.bz2