diff --git a/system/monit/monit.SlackBuild b/system/monit/monit.SlackBuild
index 151191c8cc..8cabf18d1d 100644
--- a/system/monit/monit.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/monit/monit.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=monit
-VERSION=${VERSION:-5.17}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-5.18}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/system/monit/monit.info b/system/monit/monit.info
index e0fbecf1fc..e3c8549752 100644
--- a/system/monit/monit.info
+++ b/system/monit/monit.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="monit"
-VERSION="5.17"
-HOMEPAGE="http://mmonit.com/monit/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://mmonit.com/monit/dist/monit-5.17.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="76b30ae01e585d3963d68553be146da3"
+VERSION="5.18"
+HOMEPAGE="https://mmonit.com/monit/"
+DOWNLOAD="https://mmonit.com/monit/dist/monit-5.18.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="a1bfac0fbb83439435f8616200d2364d"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
diff --git a/system/monit/slack-desc b/system/monit/slack-desc
index 622a7dcbff..5ba98192c5 100644
--- a/system/monit/slack-desc
+++ b/system/monit/slack-desc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ monit: files, directories and devices on a Unix system. Monit conducts
 monit: automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal
 monit: actions in error situations.
 monit:
-monit: Homepage: http://mmonit.com/monit/
+monit: Homepage: https://mmonit.com/monit/
 monit:
 monit:
 monit: