diff --git a/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.SlackBuild b/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.SlackBuild
index 92465acc04..d116e15595 100644
--- a/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=libsodium
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.17}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.18}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.info b/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.info
index f06f47fcf1..885712aec3 100644
--- a/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.info
+++ b/libraries/libsodium/libsodium.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="libsodium"
-VERSION="1.0.17"
+VERSION="1.0.18"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium"
-DOWNLOAD="https://download.libsodium.org/libsodium/releases/libsodium-1.0.17.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="0f71e2680187a1558b5461e6879342c5"
+DOWNLOAD="https://download.libsodium.org/libsodium/releases/libsodium-1.0.18.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="3ca9ebc13b6b4735acae0a6a4c4f9a95"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""