diff --git a/packages/automake/build.sh b/packages/automake/build.sh
index 14b77f6f60..0aa934e029 100644
--- a/packages/automake/build.sh
+++ b/packages/automake/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.17
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.18.1
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/automake/automake-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=8920c1fc411e13b90bf704ef9db6f29d540e76d232cb3b2c9f4dc4cc599bd990
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=168aa363278351b89af56684448f525a5bce5079d0b6842bd910fdd3f1646887
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="autoconf"
 TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=true
 TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"