diff --git a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
index 2d87910..5eebec7 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 gitea_user: gogs
 gitea_group: gogs
 
-gitea_checksum: sha256:a720c1e87748e4fc5e37f4079ad0f8369d3c6d63e274856eb04201857c98ca2b
-gitea_version: 1.17.4
+gitea_checksum: sha256:b45b715d519a97086208c6b42528d291dd1c4dfdf40321dc940030e1cf3de6e6
+gitea_version: 1.18.0
 gitea_url: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/download/v{{ gitea_version }}/gitea-{{ gitea_version }}-linux-amd64