diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template b/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
index 4a7cff8f6b0..47a0c8d0cd2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'ghostscript'
 pkgname=ghostscript
-version=9.16
-revision=2
+version=9.18
+revision=1
 short_desc="An interpreter for the PostScript language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.ghostscript.com/"
 license="AGPL-3, CPL-1.0"
 distfiles="http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=3e2d44f925aabb4764b985a966880eafca2fd63a6998491308604d16a75cb86d
+checksum=83daf5bbbb5afbc32cab944a1afa7ceca046dbf0c3712cd5f2bd21a13e484da1
 
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="