diff --git a/srcpkgs/aria2/template b/srcpkgs/aria2/template
index ac5014ac1ee..d15e30afa86 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aria2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aria2/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'aria2'
 pkgname=aria2
-version=1.17.1
-revision=2
+version=1.18.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-openssl --with-libexpat --without-gnutls
  --with-ca-bundle=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ configure_args="--with-openssl --with-libexpat --without-gnutls
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel gmp-devel expat-devel openssl-devel sqlite-devel
  c-ares-devel ca-certificates"
-short_desc="lightweight multi-protocol/multi-source command-line download utility"
+short_desc="Lightweight multi-protocol/multi-source command-line download utility"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://aria2.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=7e18cf15afa17cf725c2ab4338751bc165e33d41917a4af9927da0855298efc0
+checksum=431aa6a1ba1cf992d5ac68c2822854a6c6991f03d025608311b5d99227fc0ab7
 
 aria2_package() {
 	depends="ca-certificates"