diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexectools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexectools/default.nix
index 069bd17c483..591243b1ca4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexectools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexectools/default.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "kexec-tools-${version}";
-  version = "2.0.17";
+  version = "2.0.18";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
       "mirror://kernel/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/${name}.tar.xz"
       "http://horms.net/projects/kexec/kexec-tools/${name}.tar.xz"
     ];
-    sha256 = "1ac20jws8iys9w6dpn4q3hihyx73zkabdwv3gcb779cxfrmq2k2h";
+    sha256 = "0f5jnb0470nmxyl1cz2687hqjr8cwqniqc1ycq9bazlp85rz087h";
   };
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" "pic" "relro" ];