diff --git a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/lilypond/default.nix
index 3f1c1a9a57b1..3dd3f4378def 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/lilypond/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
-  majorVersion="2.16";
+  majorVersion="2.18";
   minorVersion="2";
   version="${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}";
   name = "lilypond-${version}";
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/sources/v${majorVersion}/lilypond-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1jx11bk3rk3w7bnh0829yy280627ywsvwg6fhdm0fqwkiz7jchqz";
+    sha256 = "01xs9x2wjj7w9appaaqdhk15r1xvvdbz9qwahzhppfmhclvp779j";
   };
 
   preConfigure=''