diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d7afc97..5cbc3b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/qatengine-0.6.17.tar.gz
+/qatengine-0.6.18.tar.gz
diff --git a/qatengine.spec b/qatengine.spec
index 9ae0980..76815e6 100644
--- a/qatengine.spec
+++ b/qatengine.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 %global enginesdir %(pkg-config --variable=enginesdir libcrypto)
 
 Name:           qatengine
-Version:        0.6.17
+Version:        0.6.18
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) OpenSSL Engine
 # Most of the source code is BSD, with the following exceptions:
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ autoreconf -ivf
 %exclude %{enginesdir}/qatengine.la
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 08 2022 Yogaraj Alamenda <yogarajx.alamenda@intel.com> - 0.6.18-1
+- Update to qatengine v0.6.18
+
 * Wed Nov 02 2022 Yogaraj Alamenda <yogarajx.alamenda@intel.com> - 0.6.17-1
 - Update to qatengine v0.6.17
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9182bac..17a296b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (qatengine-0.6.17.tar.gz) = 4aa0900b8092b2ac89cb53a4d7c968d6c341de80d9c3506418a73a57920022caf205317ffb1b59dc1762b7e34b034c0218d2a589761ae3befe2dae7a8f8f6d96
+SHA512 (qatengine-0.6.18.tar.gz) = c52e0c9cdab313186ccddf10f983f169875eaf767d31fb12a7ba7e772a84369e6f505fd06138fe1a036217cc70ccac96b05b9ae176b660cf8a0cc28e4adc12a5