diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmemcached/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmemcached/default.nix
index 9ab1962806ad..ebd0d08717de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmemcached/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmemcached/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cyrus_sasl, libevent }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libmemcached-1.0.8";
+  name = "libmemcached-1.0.18";
   
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = https://launchpad.net/libmemcached/1.0/1.0.8/+download/libmemcached-1.0.8.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "198wcvhrqjnak0cjnkxmjsr3xkjc1k6yq2a77nlk852gcf8ypx03";
+    url = https://launchpad.net/libmemcached/1.0/1.0.18/+download/libmemcached-1.0.18.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "10jzi14j32lpq0if0p9vygcl2c1352hwbywzvr9qzq7x6aq0nb72";
   };
   
   buildInputs = [ cyrus_sasl libevent ];