diff --git a/package/cog/cog.hash b/package/cog/cog.hash
index 2ea3ddee08..9fb386dfa0 100644
--- a/package/cog/cog.hash
+++ b/package/cog/cog.hash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# From https://wpewebkit.org/releases/cog-0.16.1.tar.xz.sums
-md5  1489740db6b4ea568578035c30b8b2f4  cog-0.16.1.tar.xz
-sha1  1235203085e7ccd8fc76eab6bdfcdb2e3ae38ea9  cog-0.16.1.tar.xz
-sha256  37c5f14123b8dcf077839f6c60f0d721d2a91bb37829e796f420126e6b0d38b5  cog-0.16.1.tar.xz
+# From https://wpewebkit.org/releases/cog-0.18.0.tar.xz.sums
+md5  9521458c72322e1b2e39e8b1cca93d24  cog-0.18.0.tar.xz
+sha1  73ec1684c31de7247ecbd5e852c16cf88416bedd  cog-0.18.0.tar.xz
+sha256  410bf70f9aa3812db72d75c25cefee421efa0391ab03dc3c37299dfaa388f4fd  cog-0.18.0.tar.xz
 
 # Hashes for license files:
 sha256  e6c42d93c68b292bcccf6d2ec3e13da85df90b718ba27c2c2a01053a9d009252  COPYING
diff --git a/package/cog/cog.mk b/package/cog/cog.mk
index da4bfc7ac6..f41c114fa5 100644
--- a/package/cog/cog.mk
+++ b/package/cog/cog.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-COG_VERSION = 0.16.1
+COG_VERSION = 0.18.0
 COG_SITE = https://wpewebkit.org/releases
 COG_SOURCE = cog-$(COG_VERSION).tar.xz
 COG_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ COG_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Ddocumentation=false \
 	-Dmanpages=false \
 	-Dprograms=true \
-	-Dsoup2=enabled \
+	-Dwpe_api=2.0 \
 	-Dcog_home_uri='$(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_COG_PROGRAMS_HOME_URI))' \
 	-Dplatforms='$(subst $(space),$(comma),$(strip $(COG_PLATFORMS_LIST)))'