diff --git a/memcached-1.6.17.tar.gz b/memcached-1.6.17.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index cdc6999..0000000
--- a/memcached-1.6.17.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:2055e373613d8fc21529aff9f0adce3e23b9ce01ba0478d30e7941d9f2bd1224
-size 1713186
diff --git a/memcached-1.6.18.tar.gz b/memcached-1.6.18.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b810c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/memcached-1.6.18.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:cbdd6ab8810649ac5d92fcd0fcb0ca931d8a9dbd0ad8cc575b47222eedd64158
+size 1081928
diff --git a/memcached.changes b/memcached.changes
index 87dd489..072477f 100644
--- a/memcached.changes
+++ b/memcached.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan 15 21:30:23 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 1.6.18:
+  * Mostly fixes and improvements to proxy mode.
+  * Meta protocol has some adjusments: extra spaces were 
+    being returned in a few instances
+  * see https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1618
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct  3 10:30:22 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/memcached.spec b/memcached.spec
index bd19ea6..2f2b105 100644
--- a/memcached.spec
+++ b/memcached.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package memcached
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 %bcond_with    tls
 %endif
 Name:           memcached
-Version:        1.6.17
+Version:        1.6.18
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A high-performance, distributed memory object caching system
 License:        BSD-3-Clause