diff --git a/download b/download
index 59322509ab086d2371bd48a010a3cfec555f5e4c..b33f575e20d16c48f49526dc579a195b397d95f9 100644
--- a/download
+++ b/download
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5a4526e3a5c8f8bcce7c5bdc72862728  libfabric-1.17.0.tar.bz2
+1b9c592371567e8189c39504f5d4bb35  libfabric-1.18.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/libfabric.spec b/libfabric.spec
index 3da9375ef7af014af12c02d6a4048e8bcf43d155..cfc00fcbede3947693b91fb075cc0de0a08d8986 100644
--- a/libfabric.spec
+++ b/libfabric.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global __remake_config 1
 
 Name:           libfabric
-Version:        1.17.0
-Release:        3%{?dist}.1
+Version:        1.18.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Open Fabric Interfaces
 
 License:        BSD or GPLv2
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 01 2023 Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com> - 1.18.0-1
+- Update to upstream release 1.18.0
+- Add gating tests
+- Resolves: rhbz#2153009
+
 * Wed Feb 08 2023 Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com> - 1.17.0-3.1
 - Re-enable autotools remake to fix unwanted rpath in binaries.
 - Resolves: rhbz#2168098