diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a05a327..9cb178e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@
 /dbus-python-1.2.8.tar.gz.asc
 /dbus-python-1.2.16.tar.gz
 /dbus-python-1.2.16.tar.gz.asc
+/dbus-python-1.2.18.tar.gz
+/dbus-python-1.2.18.tar.gz.asc
diff --git a/dbus-python.spec b/dbus-python.spec
index f8bd9d9..797691e 100644
--- a/dbus-python.spec
+++ b/dbus-python.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:    dbus-python
-Version: 1.2.16
-Release: 6%{?dist}
+Version: 1.2.18
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: D-Bus Python Bindings
 
 License: MIT
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ Source2: gpgkey-36EC5A6448A4F5EF79BEFE98E05AE1478F814C4F.gpg
 
 # borrow centos7 patch to use sitearch properly
 Patch0: 0001-Move-python-modules-to-architecture-specific-directo.patch
-# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1788491
-Patch1: python39.patch
 
 BuildRequires: gnupg2
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(dbus-1)
@@ -85,6 +83,9 @@ make check -k || (cat test-suite.log && false)
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/dbus-python.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 20 2021 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 1.2.18-1
+- Update to 1.2.18 (#1984073)
+
 * Sun Jun 13 2021 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 1.2.16-6
 - Verify GPG signature of sources
 - Use pkgconfig for BuildRequires
diff --git a/python39.patch b/python39.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e7bd1b5..0000000
--- a/python39.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- a/dbus/service.py
-+++ b/dbus/service.py
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
- import logging
- import threading
- import traceback
--from collections import Sequence
-+from collections.abc import Sequence
- 
- import _dbus_bindings
- from dbus import (
-
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index cdb6265..e2795ca 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (dbus-python-1.2.16.tar.gz) = e76c00c5fd3fe6884e4c24f258987fd3b80d21bd4e0f96aa8fda152078a860b62321324f6efcbfe7226d5ab2521a14b5bda7cf2468d2cae5f376c124a71aa05c
-SHA512 (dbus-python-1.2.16.tar.gz.asc) = 1a8355303f86cba326e5380e9a3af38fca10d389b45d30c3a22d66de6ebb3afb5517c58fd00645f40a1c980739bb6cf8cc0e06b06a4e2e8c5e9eea66a71ff590
+SHA512 (dbus-python-1.2.18.tar.gz) = 72f422c59637392bd78b741b66dff2afadcc706452c3e82fdc14b1dc052a0c5cb8a85e2758d18c5cbdc08004419a0b3c16b67b99688d96307084403e72585900
+SHA512 (dbus-python-1.2.18.tar.gz.asc) = 5f8b0c8c1771f4e8ace9168c02f04d0e065cfa8dfdaf7e7d991232e42e0f77bef9d72c565a053ed0cee1ac75b5ab7b929fcdb88d34b21f1489107ea4847ada0a