diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index 84cfc75ebc..c641e9d716 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -8655,14 +8655,14 @@ which code derived from Kelvin H's org-page.")
 (define-public emacs-xelb
   (package
     (name "emacs-xelb")
-    (version "0.17")
+    (version "0.18")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/xelb-"
                                   version ".tar"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0k98580vq253fjdgklgqlwl450saninfw39fbq8lv3xsnp3dcgml"))))
+                "1fp5mzl63sh0h3ws4l5p4qgvi7ny8a3fj6k4dhqa98xgw2bx03v7"))))
     (build-system emacs-build-system)
     ;; The following functions and variables needed by emacs-xelb are
     ;; not included in emacs-minimal: