diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5aeb9c9..500c210 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /Electrum-2.7.12.tar.gz
 /Electrum-2.7.13.tar.gz
 /Electrum-2.7.17.tar.gz
+/Electrum-2.7.18.tar.gz
diff --git a/electrum.spec b/electrum.spec
index 9ead0e0..82ad505 100644
--- a/electrum.spec
+++ b/electrum.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           electrum
-Version:        2.7.17
+Version:        2.7.18
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A lightweight Bitcoin Client
 
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ appstream-util validate-relax --nonet %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/appdata/*.appdata
 %{python2_sitelib}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 24 2017 Jonny Heggheim <jonnyheggheim@sigaint.org> - 2.7.18-1
+- new version
+
 * Thu Jan 12 2017 Jonny Heggheim <jonnyheggheim@sigaint.org> - 2.7.17-1
 - new version
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 09aa4b5..89ef3d2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (Electrum-2.7.17.tar.gz) = 11ac77a090dc0aa12c9d318e320b03727cdf0ff9f6e62550ae9f37628a09a5d499acfac31fe31e341e0781015e8a627241e62c6a35098e7e3bd7d84793efbc00
+SHA512 (Electrum-2.7.18.tar.gz) = b63eb034e91ce4f52b4f49477bca6addb0aeabf287a5e8b3eef3374b359ede024aac6a50378184b4af0609fd3689c46ca209cf6dd7fbe238c4fb7fff2b64f4bf