diff --git a/system/base/gdbm/pspec.xml b/system/base/gdbm/pspec.xml
index f74682cd..d253d778 100644
--- a/system/base/gdbm/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/gdbm/pspec.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <IsA>library</IsA>
         <Summary>Standard GNU database libraries included for compatibility with Perl</Summary>
         <Description>GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use extensible hashing. It works similar to the standard UNIX dbm routines.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="d8d02ecfc442792756515ee1aef25a2ecbc9284c" type="targz">mirrors://gnu/gdbm/gdbm-1.14.1.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="4a923ebfac06bb05c1c7699b206719e06a938f0d" type="targz">mirrors://gnu/gdbm/gdbm-1.18.1.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>readline-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+		<Update release="7">
+            <Date>2019-12-11</Date>
+            <Version>1.18.1</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump</Comment>
+            <Name>Idris Kalp</Name>
+            <Email>idriskalp@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="6">
             <Date>2018-07-19</Date>
             <Version>1.14.1</Version>