diff --git a/hatchling-1.17.1.tar.gz b/hatchling-1.17.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 0facdee..0000000
--- a/hatchling-1.17.1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:76dee5108f929b7eb9102df0a1bf88fa3247d68a44ff1f395e1cf32eaab0c6fa
-size 57207
diff --git a/hatchling-1.18.0.tar.gz b/hatchling-1.18.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39ba34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hatchling-1.18.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:50e99c3110ce0afc3f7bdbadff1c71c17758e476731c27607940cfa6686489ca
+size 57203
diff --git a/python-hatchling.changes b/python-hatchling.changes
index 3b3b6b3..47e3dcf 100644
--- a/python-hatchling.changes
+++ b/python-hatchling.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 21 08:25:58 UTC 2023 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Update to 1.18.0
+  * Drop support for Python 3.7
+  * Update the list of directories that are always excluded for
+    builds
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jun  3 18:21:13 UTC 2023 - Benoît Monin <benoit.monin@gmx.fr>
 
diff --git a/python-hatchling.spec b/python-hatchling.spec
index 5033e37..8962017 100644
--- a/python-hatchling.spec
+++ b/python-hatchling.spec
@@ -18,15 +18,14 @@
 
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-hatchling
-Version:        1.17.1
+Version:        1.18.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Build backend used by Hatch
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://hatch.pypa.io/latest/
 Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/h/hatchling/hatchling-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.7}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.8}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module editables >= 0.3}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module importlib-metadata if %python-base < 3.8}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module packaging >= 21.3}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pathspec >= 0.10.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
@@ -43,9 +42,6 @@ Requires:       python-trove-classifiers
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
 Requires(postun):update-alternatives
 BuildArch:      noarch
-%if 0%{?python_version_nodots} < 38
-Requires:       python-importlib-metadata
-%endif
 %if 0%{?python_version_nodots} < 311
 Requires:       python-tomli >= 1.2.2
 %endif