diff --git a/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group b/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group
index 19d4958..a854757 100644
--- a/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group
+++ b/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ zstd")";
 : ${PKG_PCRE_SHA256SUM:=19108658b23b3ec5058edc9f66ac545ea19f9537234be1ec62b714c84399366d};
 : ${PKG_PCRE_VERSION:=8.44};
 : ${PKG_PCRE_URL:=https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre/pcre-${PKG_PCRE_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
-: ${PKG_POPT_SHA256SUM:=e728ed296fe9f069a0e005003c3d6b2dde3d9cad453422a10d6558616d304cc8};
-: ${PKG_POPT_VERSION:=1.16};
+: ${PKG_POPT_SHA256SUM:=5159bc03a20b28ce363aa96765f37df99ea4d8850b1ece17d1e6ad5c24fdc5d1};
+: ${PKG_POPT_VERSION:=1.18};
 : ${PKG_POPT_URL:=https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/blfs/conglomeration/popt/popt-${PKG_POPT_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_POTRACE_DEPENDS:="libz"};
 : ${PKG_POTRACE_SHA256SUM:=be8248a17dedd6ccbaab2fcc45835bb0502d062e40fbded3bc56028ce5eb7acc};