diff --git a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
index c670add..793fcd4 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 
 # Version to install
-gitea_version: 1.17.4
+gitea_version: 1.18.0
 # URL to the binary
 gitea_bin_url: https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/{{ gitea_version }}/gitea-{{ gitea_version }}-linux-amd64
 # sha256 of the binary
-gitea_bin_sha256: a720c1e87748e4fc5e37f4079ad0f8369d3c6d63e274856eb04201857c98ca2b
+gitea_bin_sha256: b45b715d519a97086208c6b42528d291dd1c4dfdf40321dc940030e1cf3de6e6
 # Handle updates. If set to false, ansible will only install
 # Gitea and then won't touch an existing installation
 gitea_manage_upgrade: True