diff --git a/package/distcc/distcc.mk b/package/distcc/distcc.mk
index c9b2fe160..6f12a5a9d 100644
--- a/package/distcc/distcc.mk
+++ b/package/distcc/distcc.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # distcc
 #
 #############################################################
-DISTCC_VER:=2.17
+DISTCC_VER:=2.18.3
 DISTCC_SOURCE:=distcc-$(DISTCC_VER).tar.bz2
 DISTCC_SITE:=http://distcc.samba.org/ftp/distcc/
 DISTCC_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/distcc-$(DISTCC_VER)