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diff --git a/python-ipython.changes b/python-ipython.changes
index 1c3694b..89105f5 100644
--- a/python-ipython.changes
+++ b/python-ipython.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug 29 16:14:09 UTC 2020 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
+
+- update to version 7.18.0:
+  * IPython 7.18 is a minor release that mostly contains bugfixes.
+    + CRLF is now handled by magics my default; solving some issues
+      due to copy pasting on windows. :ghpull:`12475`
+    + Requiring pexpect >=4.3 as we are Python 3.7+ only and earlier
+      version of pexpect will be incompatible. :ghpull:`12510`
+    + Minimum jedi version is now 0.16. :ghpull:`12488`
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Aug  1 22:10:57 UTC 2020 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-ipython.spec b/python-ipython.spec
index 26b5319..2c04e8e 100644
--- a/python-ipython.spec
+++ b/python-ipython.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 %define         skip_python2 1
 %bcond_without  iptest
 Name:           python-ipython%{psuffix}
-Version:        7.17.0
+Version:        7.18.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Rich architecture for interactive computing with Python
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ Requires:       python-Pygments
 Requires:       python-backcall
 Requires:       python-base >= 3.5
 Requires:       python-decorator
-Requires:       python-jedi >= 0.10
-Requires:       python-pexpect
+Requires:       python-jedi >= 0.16
+Requires:       python-pexpect >= 4.6
 Requires:       python-pickleshare
 Requires:       python-prompt_toolkit < 3.1
 Requires:       python-prompt_toolkit >= 2.0