diff --git a/srcpkgs/checkbashisms/template b/srcpkgs/checkbashisms/template
index cd07ce72a91..a01aeb33a50 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/checkbashisms/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/checkbashisms/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'checkbashisms'
 pkgname=checkbashisms
-version=2.17.12
+version=2.18.1
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="devscripts-${version}"
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ depends="perl"
 short_desc="Debian script that checks for bash-isms"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/devscripts"
-license="GPL-2"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=08286f97e467d1fc69dee3441da1421f4655eb407b8f95703b70662f73142af2
+checksum=96886bf5d6605a619a12d56b9af5eb354106bf754d9b0fd562fbcbb2bf7b5ef9
 
 pre_install() {
 	sed -i "s|###VERSION###|${version}|" scripts/checkbashisms.pl