diff --git a/package/shadow/shadow.hash b/package/shadow/shadow.hash
index 985d8eced0..68703e6082 100644
--- a/package/shadow/shadow.hash
+++ b/package/shadow/shadow.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Verified from https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/download/4.17.4/shadow-4.17.4.tar.xz.asc
+# Verified from https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/download/4.18.0/shadow-4.18.0.tar.xz.asc
 # with key 66D0387DB85D320F8408166DB175CFA98F192AF2
-sha256  554801054694ff7d8a7abdf0d6ece34e2f16e111673cc01b8c9ee1278451181e  shadow-4.17.4.tar.xz
+sha256  add4604d3bc410344433122a819ee4154b79dd8316a56298c60417e637c07608  shadow-4.18.0.tar.xz
 sha256  3d25ab8f43fdc14624296a56ff8dc3e72e499ad35f32ae0c803f4959cfe17c0a  COPYING
diff --git a/package/shadow/shadow.mk b/package/shadow/shadow.mk
index 41b0122f62..2ba7a0e03e 100644
--- a/package/shadow/shadow.mk
+++ b/package/shadow/shadow.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SHADOW_VERSION = 4.17.4
+SHADOW_VERSION = 4.18.0
 SHADOW_SITE = https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/releases/download/$(SHADOW_VERSION)
 SHADOW_SOURCE = shadow-$(SHADOW_VERSION).tar.xz
 SHADOW_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause