diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a893403..13f59dd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/libfabric-1.17.0.tar.bz2
+SOURCES/libfabric-1.18.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/.libfabric.metadata b/.libfabric.metadata
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e0bbf0..0000000
--- a/.libfabric.metadata
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-c50469c293113df70fc33df305a989a6fe478c6b SOURCES/libfabric-1.17.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/SPECS/libfabric.spec b/SPECS/libfabric.spec
index 3da9375..cfc00fc 100644
--- a/SPECS/libfabric.spec
+++ b/SPECS/libfabric.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global __remake_config 1
 
 Name:           libfabric
-Version:        1.17.0
-Release:        3%{?dist}.1
+Version:        1.18.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Open Fabric Interfaces
 
 License:        BSD or GPLv2
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 01 2023 Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com> - 1.18.0-1
+- Update to upstream release 1.18.0
+- Add gating tests
+- Resolves: rhbz#2153009
+
 * Wed Feb 08 2023 Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com> - 1.17.0-3.1
 - Re-enable autotools remake to fix unwanted rpath in binaries.
 - Resolves: rhbz#2168098