diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/dlib/default.nix
index dfa5509fb98e..aae8989c2383 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/dlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dlib/default.nix
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dlib";
-  version = "19.17";
+  version = "19.18";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "davisking";
     repo = "dlib";
     rev ="v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0g11ilma6cll3bd2ahm66j1sjb9v4rxz3xjbfkcg5pjsvb49n029";
+    sha256 = "1kbrcf35pn2ymyr8q48ls98n2zb7rrz5207kwpisfh6k22g802ic";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''