diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/kubo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/kubo/default.nix
index a02be05d6473..d3debb243a44 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/kubo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/kubo/default.nix
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "kubo";
-  version = "0.17.0"; # When updating, also check if the repo version changed and adjust repoVersion below
+  version = "0.18.1"; # When updating, also check if the repo version changed and adjust repoVersion below
   rev = "v${version}";
 
-  passthru.repoVersion = "12"; # Also update kubo-migrator when changing the repo version
+  passthru.repoVersion = "13"; # Also update kubo-migrator when changing the repo version
 
   # Kubo makes changes to it's source tarball that don't match the git source.
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/releases/download/${rev}/kubo-source.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-Ls46Dds8lRP2KTOkjiVWtqB8aqPW5jdQ/xwBcQYIwbQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-xAOx4QOdD5MfFLqKTQRGMOnTZt14H523/quOLY5gBMk=";
   };
 
   # tarball contains multiple files/directories
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem";
+    description = "An IPFS implementation in Go";
     homepage = "https://ipfs.io/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.unix;