diff --git a/python3.9.spec b/python3.9.spec
index 0004a3f..1e3cee0 100644
--- a/python3.9.spec
+++ b/python3.9.spec
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ URL: https://www.python.org/
 
 #  WARNING  When rebasing to a new Python version,
 #           remember to update the python3-docs package as well
-%global general_version %{pybasever}.17
+%global general_version %{pybasever}.18
 #global prerel ...
 %global upstream_version %{general_version}%{?prerel}
 Version: %{general_version}%{?prerel:~%{prerel}}
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: Python
 
 
@@ -1805,6 +1805,9 @@ CheckPython optimized
 # ======================================================
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 28 2023 Tomáš Hrnčiar <thrnciar@redhat.com> - 3.9.18-1
+- Update to 3.9.18
+
 * Wed Aug 02 2023 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 3.9.17-3
 - Remove extra distro-applied CFLAGS passed to user built C extensions
 - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Python_Extension_Flags_Reduction
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 46c321f..19cb08f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (Python-3.9.17.tar.xz) = 994d92346e563a4635411808744eac8207c68e6fc9c1db1c2eb4103dad8553aaad4a8116e38c61f28cb17905a12cc46dccdde985e1c45882bf1815081b88b6be
-SHA512 (Python-3.9.17.tar.xz.asc) = 948196f104539b2e05b17fb5ef2387be392c515222213def7ab6f5b0f490d60e472e8df2dc6ec1df1d293a34d8c26a761412c93aabbdefd3390ee8bdef95a5d8
+SHA512 (Python-3.9.18.tar.xz) = aab155aca757d298394eddb91ff9a8f239665bd46feb495c6b6f735bbcb7489c05c858cc4cd08f1575c24f293b33492d763e9a140d92f0b2b0cc81a165a677c7
+SHA512 (Python-3.9.18.tar.xz.asc) = dff9a86df2b0774b68e7c762bacf05e2482dbb218301acfdc9128fc600bbc51c97a3a44f6b7cee87bd4e153bcb4a0af3c98109560d0c7861b7508edc9ae05ea1