diff --git a/databases/ladybug/Makefile b/databases/ladybug/Makefile
index 9e1394254ecb..fa826d8b6ba7 100644
--- a/databases/ladybug/Makefile
+++ b/databases/ladybug/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	ladybug
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.18.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.18.1
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 
 MAINTAINER=	mahlon@martini.nu
 COMMENT=	Embeddable, scalable, extremely fast graph database
 WWW=		https://ladybugdb.com/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libbrotlicommon.so:archivers/brotli \
 		libbrotlidec.so:archivers/brotli \
 		liblz4.so:archivers/liblz4 \
 		libyyjson.so:devel/yyjson \
 		libzstd.so:archivers/zstd
 
-USES=		cmake ninja:build python:build
+USES=		cmake ninja:build python:build ssl
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ladybugdb
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	LOCALBASE=${LOCALBASE}
 
 EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	--exclude third_party/brotli \
 			--exclude third_party/lz4 \
 			--exclude third_party/spdlog \
 			--exclude third_party/yyjson \
 			--exclude third_party/zstd \
 			--no-same-owner --no-same-permissions
 
 PLIST_SUB=	VERSION=${DISTVERSION}
 
 post-install:
 	${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/include/cppjieba ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/cppjieba
 	${MV}  ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/liblbug.so ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/liblbug.so.${DISTVERSION}
 	${RLN} liblbug.so.${DISTVERSION} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/liblbug.so
 	${RLN} liblbug.so.${DISTVERSION} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/liblbug.so.0
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/ladybug/distinfo b/databases/ladybug/distinfo
index 9adc11dd07f4..222390c662f2 100644
--- a/databases/ladybug/distinfo
+++ b/databases/ladybug/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1782946278
-SHA256 (ladybugdb-ladybug-v0.18.0_GH0.tar.gz) = d2111d7c0037763f8b49447e1170f31428e30154866ec3fae3739469ea12046f
-SIZE (ladybugdb-ladybug-v0.18.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 15372114
+TIMESTAMP = 1783706657
+SHA256 (ladybugdb-ladybug-v0.18.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 667748cdd962ad7bf33d765f2c00a896e32f7982ea23594a9ca99b26aa53f046
+SIZE (ladybugdb-ladybug-v0.18.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 15497940