diff --git a/neard-0.17.tar.gz b/neard-0.17.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index d2d488e..0000000
--- a/neard-0.17.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:6e3cd3d0f3dd59797cc49b4a9207cc51c1a181c33f39b82a8d26aaca16e1e0a4
-size 228091
diff --git a/neard-0.18.tar.gz b/neard-0.18.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9784ebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neard-0.18.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:c013e3115315e2e11d16b5f0f1c8ce9afbcdba26800aad91245fd9b4a5dc938b
+size 228597
diff --git a/neard.changes b/neard.changes
index 3a2d1ab..f13c0ae 100644
--- a/neard.changes
+++ b/neard.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec  5 06:52:28 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to release 0.18:
+  * Fixed configure with newer autoconf v2.71.
+  * Made missing autoconf-archive messages nicer.
+  * Fixed minor uninitialized access reported by Valgrind.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 27 09:38:47 UTC 2021 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/neard.spec b/neard.spec
index d76e841..2918fea 100644
--- a/neard.spec
+++ b/neard.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package neard
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2010-2012 B1 Systems GmbH, Vohburg, Germany
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           neard
-Version:        0.17
+Version:        0.18
 Release:        0
 Summary:        NFC for Linux
 License:        GPL-2.0-only