diff --git a/ack-2.16.tar.gz b/ack-2.16.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 70cf6e1..0000000
--- a/ack-2.16.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:4ffc421bb26d3163d58fbf38129a8e18af0c857eefca7da239d13db5ddaacb45
-size 225707
diff --git a/ack-2.18.tar.gz b/ack-2.18.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e89fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ack-2.18.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:fb4a0a11a5411cba5764163b8d074a447c2a753758821151b31dc7533663f058
+size 232279
diff --git a/ack.changes b/ack.changes
index 98eff33..6eae6b8 100644
--- a/ack.changes
+++ b/ack.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Mar 25 14:58:21 UTC 2017 - astieger@suse.com
+
+- ack 2.18:
+  * no longer throw an undefined variable when called from a
+    directory that doesn't exist
+  * --context=0 (-C 0) can now override arkrc settings
+  * --after-context (-A) and --before-context (-B) no longer
+    require a value to be passed, defaulting to 2
+  * Add .xhtml to the --html filetype
+  * Add .wsdl to the --xml filetype.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Mar 11 19:13:25 UTC 2017 - astieger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ack.spec b/ack.spec
index aee5a18..8ab0e45 100644
--- a/ack.spec
+++ b/ack.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 %endif
 %{!?perl_make_install:  %global perl_make_install make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install_vendor}
 Name:           ack
-Version:        2.16
+Version:        2.18
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Grep-Like Text Finder
 License:        Artistic-2.0