diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/aria2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/aria2/default.nix
index 75b6492a851..87613695be7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/aria2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/aria2/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, openssl, libxml2, sqlite, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "aria2-1.17.1";
+  name = "aria2-1.18.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/aria2/stable/${name}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0v0cdbv6v7fb4870rz5s9vscsj74fzbj70gsa2y4hysai4a0im3y";
+    sha256 = "0fwm5d0i4nr9yzckmd8yc80yj4h1acrv6jca3h1vjji0rbgk49zy";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig openssl libxml2 sqlite zlib ];