diff --git a/libxcrypt.spec b/libxcrypt.spec
index 7d67b7d..056ecb6 100644
--- a/libxcrypt.spec
+++ b/libxcrypt.spec
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ fi                                          \
 
 
 Name:           libxcrypt
-Version:        4.4.17
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        4.4.18
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Extended crypt library for descrypt, md5crypt, bcrypt, and others
 
 # For explicit license breakdown, see the
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ BuildRequires:  fipscheck
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  glibc-devel           >= %{glibc_minver}
 BuildRequires:  libtool
-BuildRequires: make
+BuildRequires:  make
+BuildRequires:  perl-core
 
 # We do not need to keep this forever.
 %if !(0%{?fedora} > 31 || 0%{?rhel} > 10)
@@ -484,6 +485,10 @@ done
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Feb 20 2021 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 4.4.18-1
+- New upstream release
+- Add explicit BR: perl-core
+
 * Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.4.17-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ada89ed..b6f5ec7 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libxcrypt-4.4.17.tar.gz) = 94aaba6ccf9b6d1a32f9a571ee32261cecd393d5b8d8c6f18d740dc7bb29ac0fbd381124e7f0d84882559bb634208c08151b3dc05c9138fa0a229c4ba20fb6f7
+SHA512 (libxcrypt-4.4.18.tar.gz) = 66e3afb32ca27b1b00c21d07f0cd3eb3403ebd1732503376e5f85fa79acf078aa2bac54a8920121b3741cd46a807f4ea176de38c6b5b4611c701dc9e6f8d1490