diff --git a/component/grep/buildout.cfg b/component/grep/buildout.cfg
index fab5e463b57fe5f1662c8954c31375ace4d44015..79dc9f7a258a48aaf227ec03d277b7bad1d30b68 100644
--- a/component/grep/buildout.cfg
+++ b/component/grep/buildout.cfg
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ parts =
 
 [grep]
 recipe = slapos.recipe.cmmi
-url = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/grep-2.17.tar.xz
-md5sum = 3b1f0cbf1139e76171f790665b1b41cf
+url = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/grep-2.18.tar.xz
+md5sum = 7439f8266f50844b56cc3e2721606541
 environment =
   PATH=${xz-utils:location}/bin:%(PATH)s
   CPPFLAGS=-I${pcre:location}/include