diff --git a/python-simplejson.changes b/python-simplejson.changes
index ae86d64..5dce6bf 100644
--- a/python-simplejson.changes
+++ b/python-simplejson.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  4 18:45:00 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 3.18.1:
+  * Remove unnecessary `i` variable from encoder module namespace
+  * Declare support for Python 3.11 and add wheels
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Dec  4 03:28:31 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-simplejson.spec b/python-simplejson.spec
index ac63122..aec91c9 100644
--- a/python-simplejson.spec
+++ b/python-simplejson.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-simplejson
 #
-# 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
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-simplejson
-Version:        3.18.0
+Version:        3.18.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python
 License:        AFL-2.1 OR MIT
diff --git a/simplejson-3.18.0.tar.gz b/simplejson-3.18.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 18beabc..0000000
--- a/simplejson-3.18.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:58a429d2c2fa80834115b923ff689622de8f214cf0dc4afa9f59e824b444ab31
-size 83533
diff --git a/simplejson-3.18.1.tar.gz b/simplejson-3.18.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7f53c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simplejson-3.18.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:746086e3ef6d74b53599df31b491d88a355abf2e31c837137dd90f8c4561cafa
+size 83603