diff --git a/package/genimage/genimage.hash b/package/genimage/genimage.hash
index e09ffd82be..232ba6ef66 100644
--- a/package/genimage/genimage.hash
+++ b/package/genimage/genimage.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  a8756e3567a0d4d82c36b08ccc1e088250b9006d5670c6b2b014185e6ec60671  genimage-17.tar.xz
+sha256  ebc3f886c4d80064dd6c6d5e3c2e98e5a670078264108ce2f89ada8a2e13fedd  genimage-18.tar.xz
 sha256  8177f97513213526df2cf6184d8ff986c675afb514d4e68a404010521b880643  COPYING
diff --git a/package/genimage/genimage.mk b/package/genimage/genimage.mk
index 2be8e1137e..b8ce7ff3c9 100644
--- a/package/genimage/genimage.mk
+++ b/package/genimage/genimage.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GENIMAGE_VERSION = 17
+GENIMAGE_VERSION = 18
 GENIMAGE_SOURCE = genimage-$(GENIMAGE_VERSION).tar.xz
 GENIMAGE_SITE = https://github.com/pengutronix/genimage/releases/download/v$(GENIMAGE_VERSION)
 HOST_GENIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-libconfuse