diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 45cf808..f1a0252 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 SOURCES/libfabric-1.17.0.tar.bz2
 /libfabric-1.17.0.tar.bz2
+/libfabric-1.18.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/libfabric.spec b/libfabric.spec
index 3da9375..cfc00fc 100644
--- a/libfabric.spec
+++ b/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
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4da5f0a..61cbbfa 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libfabric-1.17.0.tar.bz2) = 0e34bc91050a4d1babefdabef5d7fc6bfabb81b412f751fd92f4e965b240e02d43baa0405ec27abd4b3a53b6fbc3789b577e416b8e1a9de1eeaa53344ce2b821
+SHA512 (libfabric-1.18.0.tar.bz2) = c120d9ba83597760853e5204719b8820c6dfc693db6a8b15a0b0922912b99432b2aee28b2c5c28738d5fb4f013efafae23c96bbbc8942250df86a24eacd834ec
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e4614e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    tags:
+    - classic
+    tests:
+    - simple:
+        dir: .
+        run: "rpm -qi libfabric && fi_info"
+    required_packages:
+    - libfabric