diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-common/template b/srcpkgs/mate-common/template
index 9a86bd61b32..f492eec100a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mate-common/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-common/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'mate-common'
 pkgname=mate-common
-version=1.16.0
+version=1.18.0
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="LGPL-2"
 homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
 distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=34d3a8c58647806aebde24f705c07e1dc8083cd4baa55b45d3e51e367c2ef20a
+checksum=d77c44546e748f94cf93707ab3593146109401c9bcde533fc308863f9ca20580