diff --git a/srcpkgs/fakeroot/template b/srcpkgs/fakeroot/template
index 0b4de57a905..800711a0d41 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fakeroot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fakeroot/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'fakeroot'
 pkgname=fakeroot
-version=1.17
+version=1.18
 distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/f/fakeroot/${pkgname}_${version}.orig.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 short_desc="Gives a fake root environment"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://packages.debian.org/fakeroot"
 license="GPL-3"
-checksum=1271827639a3c0856e69cbbf2637ef618fee819b0f734a9bd6c05f55b1bee72b
+checksum=3914c58ca81b6ba79cd35f063ec08c13c6723267830861519730eb7984dca95d
 long_desc="
  This package is intended to remove the need to become root for a package build.
  This is done by setting LD_PRELOAD to libfakeroot.so, which provides wrappers