diff --git a/net/wget/Makefile b/net/wget/Makefile
index c220877eb..65a440f3e 100644
--- a/net/wget/Makefile
+++ b/net/wget/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2015 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2016 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=wget
-PKG_VERSION:=1.17.1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.18
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/$(PKG_NAME)
-PKG_MD5SUM:=b0d58ef4963690e71effba24c105ed52
+PKG_MD5SUM:=af9ca95a4bb8ac4a9bf10aeae66fa5ec
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Maxim Storchak <m.storchak@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING