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diff --git a/perl-JSON-Validator.changes b/perl-JSON-Validator.changes
index ab64de0..1df3c97 100644
--- a/perl-JSON-Validator.changes
+++ b/perl-JSON-Validator.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 29 03:18:54 UTC 2020 -  <timueller+perl@suse.de>
+
+- updated to 3.18
+   see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-JSON-Validator/Changes
+
+  3.18 2020-01-29T10:18:09+0900
+   - Fix validating constants that are null or the empty string
+     Contributor: Karen Etheridge
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 30 03:07:46 UTC 2019 -  <timueller+perl@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/perl-JSON-Validator.spec b/perl-JSON-Validator.spec
index 2e94ee2..1a7657b 100644
--- a/perl-JSON-Validator.spec
+++ b/perl-JSON-Validator.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package perl-JSON-Validator
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           perl-JSON-Validator
-Version:        3.17
+Version:        3.18
 Release:        0
 %define cpan_name JSON-Validator
 Summary:        Validate data against a JSON schema