diff --git a/libs/gdbm/Makefile b/libs/gdbm/Makefile
index dac4d5e8d..911059bc5 100644
--- a/libs/gdbm/Makefile
+++ b/libs/gdbm/Makefile
@@ -8,21 +8,19 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gdbm
-PKG_VERSION:=1.11
+PKG_VERSION:=1.18.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/gdbm
-PKG_HASH:=8d912f44f05d0b15a4a5d96a76f852e905d051bb88022fcdfd98b43be093e3c3
+PKG_HASH:=86e613527e5dba544e73208f42b78b7c022d4fa5a6d5498bf18c8d6f745b91dc
 
-PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+
-PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Marcel Denia <naoir@gmx.net>
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 
-PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf gettext-version
-PKG_REMOVE_FILES:=Makefile compat/Makefile doc/Makefile export/Makefile src/Makefile tests/Makefile
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=0
-
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=gettext-full/host
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ define Package/libgdbm
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
   TITLE:=GNU database manager
-  URL:=http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/
+  URL:=https://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/
 endef
 
 define Package/libgdbm/description
@@ -40,11 +38,9 @@ define Package/libgdbm/description
   works similar to the standard UNIX dbm routines.
 endef
 
-TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
-
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--enable-shared \
-	--enable-static \
+	--enable-static
 
 define Build/Compile
 	+$(MAKE) $(PKG_JOBS) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \