diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 893e049..f8224eb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 SOURCES/fabtests-1.17.0.tar.bz2
 /fabtests-1.17.0.tar.bz2
+/fabtests-1.18.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/fabtests.spec b/fabtests.spec
index b3a028f..4bb7497 100644
--- a/fabtests.spec
+++ b/fabtests.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           fabtests
-Version:        1.17.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.18.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Test suite for libfabric API
 # include/jsmn.h and common/jsmn.c are licensed under MIT.
 # All other source files permit distribution under BSD. Some of them
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 %license COPYING
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 12 2023 Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com> - 1.18.0-1
+- Update to upstream release 1.18.0
+- Add gating tests
+- Resolces: rhbz#2214187
+
 * Wed Feb 08 2023 Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com> - 1.17.0-2
 - Update to upstream release 1.17.0
 - Require python3-pytest
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index bf7db2e..8bac9b0 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (fabtests-1.17.0.tar.bz2) = d37193cf91aa21da25b75e9cb6c6c7643047a55715590398759e9fd8876ac0adf513e50afbc589994c9a4a3006dbd248ea0b9df5322e0e03a0e23594ba49d32b
+SHA512 (fabtests-1.18.0.tar.bz2) = 4489e65e2d8e5d34701be1711446a897ddc5d8855cc7d0998a8e8d739f63d1f4af6564cffd0df4cfd99b5c9518d70a2031a239be19e382f3628aca97825b4101
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..060e8a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    tags:
+    - classic
+    tests:
+    - simple:
+        dir: .
+        run: "rpm -q fabtests"
+    required_packages:
+    - fabtests