diff --git a/10-freetds.ini b/10-freetds.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d0cd9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/10-freetds.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[FreeTDS]
+Description = Free Sybase & MS SQL Driver
+Driver      = libtdsodbc.so
diff --git a/freetds.spec b/freetds.spec
index 80872c5..7383f76 100644
--- a/freetds.spec
+++ b/freetds.spec
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
 Name: freetds
 Summary: Implementation of the TDS (Tabular DataStream) protocol
-Version: 1.4.23
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Version: 1.5.18
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 # Automatically converted from old format: LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ - review is highly recommended.
 License: LGPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL: http://www.freetds.org/
 
 Source0: https://www.freetds.org/files/stable/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: freetds-tds_sysdep_public.h
+Source2: 10-freetds.ini
 
 BuildRequires: unixODBC-devel, readline-devel, gnutls-devel, krb5-devel
 BuildRequires: libgcrypt-devel
@@ -99,6 +100,13 @@ make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
 chmod -x $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/*
 
+# Move ODBC plugin to a dedicated subdirectory (rhbz#2453060)
+# libtdsodbc.so is a symlink to libtdsodbc.so.0 -- recreate it with
+# a correct relative path from the subdirectory back to the parent
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/odbc
+unlink $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/libtdsodbc.so
+ln -s ../libtdsodbc.so.0 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/odbc/libtdsodbc.so
+
 mv -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_includedir}/tds_sysdep_public.h \
 	$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_includedir}/tds_sysdep_public_%{bits}.h
 install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_includedir}/tds_sysdep_public.h
@@ -111,6 +119,10 @@ mv -f samples/unixodbc.freetds.driver.template \
 mkdir samples-odbc
 mv -f samples/*odbc* samples-odbc
 
+# ODBC driver registration drop-in snippet
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/odbc/odbcinst.d
+install -m644 %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/odbc/odbcinst.d/
+
 #  deinstall it for our own way...
 mv -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_docdir}/%{name} docdir
 find docdir -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod -x
@@ -131,7 +143,11 @@ find docdir -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod -x
 %files libs
 %license COPYING_LIB.txt
 %{_libdir}/*.so.*
-%{_libdir}/libtdsodbc.so
+%dir %{_libdir}/odbc
+%{_libdir}/odbc/libtdsodbc.so
+%dir %{_prefix}/lib/odbc
+%dir %{_prefix}/lib/odbc/odbcinst.d
+%{_prefix}/lib/odbc/odbcinst.d/10-freetds.ini
 %doc samples-odbc
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/*.conf
 %{_mandir}/man5/*
@@ -141,7 +157,7 @@ find docdir -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod -x
 %license COPYING_LIB.txt
 %doc samples
 %{_libdir}/*.so
-%exclude %{_libdir}/libtdsodbc.so
+%exclude %{_libdir}/odbc/libtdsodbc.so
 %{_includedir}/*
 
 
@@ -150,6 +166,21 @@ find docdir -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod -x
  
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 11 2026 Dmitry Butskoy <Dmitry@Butskoy.name> - 1.5.18-1
+- update to 1.5.18 (#2513794)
+
+* Wed Jul 29 2026 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 1.4.23-8
+- Fix FTBFS with nettle 4.0: 'sha1_digest()' also lost length parameter
+
+* Mon Jul 20 2026 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 1.4.23-7
+- Ship drop-in snippet for ODBC driver self-registration
+
+* Wed Jul 15 2026 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.23-6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_45_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Mar 30 2026 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 1.4.23-5
+- Move ODBC plugin libtdsodbc.so to %%{_libdir}/odbc/ (rhbz#2453060)
+
 * Fri Jan 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.23-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d8018db..f2c9a79 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (freetds-1.4.23.tar.bz2) = 9b51b21d9c5dc7cac3d9fdccb3a600a6b3b2a0df6f7a0396497ba3377c9a6925b3e4ea3dfbb671bd4563c321692bea82c6f70c2ccefb30eaa0d006ebd3aac249
+SHA512 (freetds-1.5.18.tar.bz2) = 9410b992d5b6a2bede00a6e81256b9f426d1477d7b9a2ea74c0481b2a5c3840c35171916a24f7820e101bfc44cf67dbf7c6c5d69010415c19178d91e7949859e