diff --git a/packages/apt/build.sh b/packages/apt/build.sh
index 0fbee33b6..81928af7b 100644
--- a/packages/apt/build.sh
+++ b/packages/apt/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://packages.debian.org/apt
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Front-end for the dpkg package manager"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.1.15
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.1.18
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apt/apt_${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=dc42ca351d156c37202c775808b5e220d6bd695fa9dad651e2c635586d58c2b3
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=224ade1bc189303b0620c55ac278cb419fdff7693765e6e864f82cf73bd3c766
 # apt-key requires utilities from coreutils, findutils, gpgv, grep, sed.
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="coreutils, dpkg, findutils, gpgv, grep, libandroid-glob, libbz2, libc++, libcurl, libgnutls, liblz4, liblzma, sed, termux-licenses, xxhash, zlib"
 TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="apt-transport-https, libapt-pkg"