diff --git a/srcpkgs/smplayer/template b/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
index c1bc1695bb0..38b47ff495a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'smplayer'
 pkgname=smplayer
-version=17.12.0
+version=18.1.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="qt5-host-tools qt5-tools qt5-script-devel"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=9dd79d462dca89eda47081b67aaaacbebd905e9331d819cb34645765b879bef5
+checksum=9d7d908c5160510e8802fbf852598324fd80ca9a8a571b8e65d66b39ec0b19bd
 
 pre_build() {
 	export QMAKE_OPTS="QMAKE_CC=$CC QMAKE_CXX=$CXX QMAKE_LINK=$CXX QMAKE_CFLAGS=\"${CFLAGS}\" \