diff --git a/development/autogen/autogen.SlackBuild b/development/autogen/autogen.SlackBuild
index f355984106..833e9ee4b7 100644
--- a/development/autogen/autogen.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/autogen/autogen.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=autogen
-VERSION=${VERSION:-5.16.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-5.18.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/development/autogen/autogen.info b/development/autogen/autogen.info
index 9c5d44b069..1ad5c6b329 100644
--- a/development/autogen/autogen.info
+++ b/development/autogen/autogen.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="autogen"
-VERSION="5.16.2"
+VERSION="5.18.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/autogen/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autogen/rel5.16.2/autogen-5.16.2.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="0871304953d219f7ad91a60fb1376271"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autogen/rel5.18.1/autogen-5.18.1.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="843a613e08ef8d47aba6733c60c8bda4"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""