diff --git a/package/python-babel/python-babel.hash b/package/python-babel/python-babel.hash
index 436e49a9bc..154c6ce306 100644
--- a/package/python-babel/python-babel.hash
+++ b/package/python-babel/python-babel.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/babel/json
-md5  726d2ed119255a011d248ac0c9caa24a  babel-2.17.0.tar.gz
-sha256  0c54cffb19f690cdcc52a3b50bcbf71e07a808d1c80d549f2459b9d2cf0afb9d  babel-2.17.0.tar.gz
+md5  b5ea9705c2ad6f8c630e4a66d3dd2cfa  babel-2.18.0.tar.gz
+sha256  b80b99a14bd085fcacfa15c9165f651fbb3406e66cc603abf11c5750937c992d  babel-2.18.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
-sha256  7801a84fe811279cb350bdb4fb18f94c36b18ef813fa6aac043b6c6d39484d0d  LICENSE
+sha256  86bad5758c7859ba06251f8f12eee885eca31369923dfb2b87a7c13c3634d870  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-babel/python-babel.mk b/package/python-babel/python-babel.mk
index 57e372fc1a..659db0fd83 100644
--- a/package/python-babel/python-babel.mk
+++ b/package/python-babel/python-babel.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_BABEL_VERSION = 2.17.0
+PYTHON_BABEL_VERSION = 2.18.0
 PYTHON_BABEL_SOURCE = babel-$(PYTHON_BABEL_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_BABEL_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7d/6b/d52e42361e1aa00709585ecc30b3f9684b3ab62530771402248b1b1d6240
+PYTHON_BABEL_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7d/b2/51899539b6ceeeb420d40ed3cd4b7a40519404f9baf3d4ac99dc413a834b
 PYTHON_BABEL_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_BABEL_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 PYTHON_BABEL_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE