diff --git a/ircd/kustomization.yaml b/ircd/kustomization.yaml
index 7b3aae7..7f35238 100644
--- a/ircd/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/ircd/kustomization.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ configMapGenerator:
   - files/ircd.yaml
 images:
   - name: ghcr.io/ergochat/ergo
-    newTag: v2.17.0@sha256:81a68808a824066e5dfafa9d90792a07ee77889954402024af49a27c00e2b3dc
+    newTag: v2.18.0@sha256:8e2eae935b59f5bd6c0cb567c94d8ab4f825e4c62c532e94ef09a7bbfcef30e6