diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ab9b3c..91485b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ pdf2djvu_0.7.3.tar.gz
 /pdf2djvu-0.9.15.tar.xz
 /pdf2djvu-0.9.17.tar.xz
 /pdf2djvu-0.9.17.1.tar.xz
+/pdf2djvu-0.9.18.tar.xz
diff --git a/pdf2djvu.spec b/pdf2djvu.spec
index 70fe72d..87f3d4e 100644
--- a/pdf2djvu.spec
+++ b/pdf2djvu.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Name:           pdf2djvu
-Version:        0.9.17.1
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Version:        0.9.18
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        PDF to DjVu converter
 License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            http://jwilk.net/software/pdf2djvu
 Source0:        https://github.com/jwilk/%{name}/releases/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
-Patch0:         poppler-splash.patch
+#Patch0:         poppler-splash.patch
 BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  djvulibre-devel djvulibre
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ install -p -m 644 -D {doc,%{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1}/%{name}.1
 %{_mandir}/ru/man1/%{name}.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 07 2021 Filipe Rosset <rosset.filipe@gmail.com> - 0.9.18-1
+- Update to 0.9.18 fixes rhbz#1969290
+
 * Thu Aug 05 2021 Marek Kasik <mkasik@redhat.com> - 0.9.17.1-5
 - Rebuild for poppler-21.08.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 3b3acda..026e754 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (pdf2djvu-0.9.17.1.tar.xz) = 59f4ea9a396907b3084a69fbec418d057d8625d18486185bafafb5e3273ee18e9441925a294a4829260cc3d14e7e64d69b47637d530e23360b854daeed0ed8bc
+SHA512 (pdf2djvu-0.9.18.tar.xz) = e092ccf6e299c46c2beec443f88e9207792943375976f718dcd4405d59f7abdd4b2adc12cd8650d32038a805dbb8d5c3341726b27839463a9605286d7ff5dde2