diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/snort/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/snort/default.nix
index 714ca1c8990f..938626806cae 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/snort/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ids/snort/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "2.9.16.1";
+  version = "2.9.18";
   pname = "snort";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     name = "${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
     url = "https://snort.org/downloads/archive/snort/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "13lzvjli6kbsnkd7lf0rm71l2mnz38pxk76ia9yrjb6clfhlbb73";
+    sha256 = "0xrc7crchflfrk4x5dq5zx22zkmgcrbkww5r1pvkc3cyyr18cc6h";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];