diff --git a/www/searx/Makefile b/www/searx/Makefile
index 3caee331a1e8..239965266be4 100644
--- a/www/searx/Makefile
+++ b/www/searx/Makefile
@@ -1,50 +1,49 @@
 # Created by: Loic Blot <loic.blot@unix-experience.fr>
 
 PORTNAME=	searx
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.16.0
-PORTREVISION=	3
+DISTVERSION=	0.18.0
 CATEGORIES=	www python
 
 MAINTAINER=	loic.blot@unix-experience.fr
 COMMENT=	Privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine
 
 LICENSE=	AGPLv3
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}certifi>0:security/py-certifi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dateutil>0:devel/py-dateutil@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Flask>0:www/py-flask@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flask-babel>0:devel/py-flask-babel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}idna>0:dns/py-idna@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml>0:devel/py-lxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ndg-httpsclient>0:net/py-ndg-httpsclient@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}openssl>0:security/py-openssl@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PY_PYGMENTS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}splinter>0:www/py-splinter@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}yaml>0:devel/py-yaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}werkzeug>0:www/py-werkzeug@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	asciimoo
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist noflavors
 USE_RC_SUBR=	searx
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 SUB_FILES=	searx pkg-message
 SUB_LIST=	PYTHON_CMD=${PYTHON_CMD} PYTHON_SITELIBDIR=${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 
 post-patch: # expect dependencies to be backwards-compatible, otherwise it is difficult to have a port
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|==|>=|' ${WRKSRC}/requirements.txt
 
 post-install:
 	# workaround for https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/issues/1208
 	@${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/tests
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|.*/tests/.*||' ${_PYTHONPKGLIST}
 	# move settings to etc/ /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/searx/settings.yml
 	@${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/searx/settings.yml ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/${PORTNAME}-settings.yml.sample
 	@${LN} -s ${PREFIX}/etc/${PORTNAME}-settings.yml ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/searx/settings.yml
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/searx/distinfo b/www/searx/distinfo
index 2a27adee02fe..c0898c86446f 100644
--- a/www/searx/distinfo
+++ b/www/searx/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1583604221
-SHA256 (asciimoo-searx-v0.16.0_GH0.tar.gz) = cad944ca4e40d81ecf113dc712c7bd9b3adc1f849642ab04ccac1f85b4a245df
-SIZE (asciimoo-searx-v0.16.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1976722
+TIMESTAMP = 1618356792
+SHA256 (asciimoo-searx-v0.18.0_GH0.tar.gz) = d22430ad92262d9114ad169e001975fe5195afdcc679d6f6bf030e0c1a5b79f0
+SIZE (asciimoo-searx-v0.18.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 2628144