diff --git a/srcpkgs/plasma-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/plasma-desktop/template
index 7f91e4a6a1d..fe7420f4ee1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/plasma-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/plasma-desktop/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'plasma-desktop'
 pkgname=plasma-desktop
-version=5.17.5
+version=5.18.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="John <johnz@posteo.net>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later, GFDL-1.2"
 homepage="https://projects.kde.org/projects/plasma/plasma-desktop"
 distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/plasma/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=7f741ab026989bdcc68701955fc290d5ead38bf4bc310f18a2f32c64b411ab04
+checksum=6c6dacd0e69b06df2b31bb40df7fcf6313de494b8aa06c13ac09616e1447a5b1
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" kconfig-devel kcoreaddons-devel kded