diff --git a/srcpkgs/elixir/patches/workout-test.patch b/srcpkgs/elixir/patches/workout-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b994ddbdb70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/elixir/patches/workout-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Assertion with == failed
+code:  assert root_dir == :code.root_dir() |> to_string()
+left:  "/usr/lib/erlang"
+right: "/usr/lib64/erlang"
+--- a/lib/mix/test/mix/tasks/release_test.exs
++++ b/lib/mix/test/mix/tasks/release_test.exs
+@@ -529,8 +529,6 @@
+           assert release_root == root
+           assert ext == ""
+         end
+-
+-        assert root_dir == :code.root_dir() |> to_string()
+       end)
+     end)
+   end
+@@ -743,7 +741,6 @@
+                } = wait_until_decoded(Path.join(root, "RELEASE_BOOTED"))
+ 
+         assert app_dir == Path.join(root, "lib/release_test-0.1.0")
+-        assert root_dir == :code.root_dir() |> to_string()
+         assert sys_config_env == Path.join(root, "releases/0.1.0/sys")
+         assert sys_config_init == Path.join(root, "releases/0.1.0/sys")
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/elixir/template b/srcpkgs/elixir/template
index 8b3fda6a63e..d926b6fe27e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/elixir/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/elixir/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'elixir'
 pkgname=elixir
-version=1.15.7
+version=1.18.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="LIBDIR=lib${XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE}"
@@ -14,19 +14,10 @@ checkdepends="git"
 short_desc="Functional, concurrent, general-purpose programming language"
 maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
-homepage="http://elixir-lang.org/"
+homepage="https://elixir-lang.org/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elixir-lang/elixir/v${version%.*}/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=78bde2786b395515ae1eaa7d26faa7edfdd6632bfcfcd75bccb6341a18e8798f
-
-post_patch() {
-	# XXX: find a better solution
-	# Assertion with == failed
-	# code:  assert root_dir == :code.root_dir() |> to_string()
-	# left:  "/usr/lib/erlang"
-	# right: "/usr/lib64/erlang"
-	vsed -e '/assert root_dir == :code\.root_dir()/d' -i lib/mix/test/mix/tasks/release_test.exs
-}
+checksum=efc8d0660b56dd3f0c7536725a95f4d8b6be9f11ca9779d824ad79377753e916
 
 do_check() {
 	ERL_EPMD_PORT=5369 make ${make_check_target}