diff --git a/net-p2p/litecoin/Makefile b/net-p2p/litecoin/Makefile
index 33db9260d712..5afa6a04b52f 100644
--- a/net-p2p/litecoin/Makefile
+++ b/net-p2p/litecoin/Makefile
@@ -1,120 +1,119 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	litecoin
-PORTVERSION=	0.17.1
+PORTVERSION=	0.18.1
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-PORTREVISION?=	3
 CATEGORIES=	net-p2p finance
 
 MAINTAINER=	hsw@bitmark.com
 COMMENT?=	Virtual Peer-to-Peer Currency Client (QT)
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_date_time.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libevent.so:devel/libevent
 
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++11-lib gmake libtool pkgconfig qt:5 shebangfix ssl
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 SLAVE_PORT?=	no
 
 .if defined(SLAVE_PORT) && ${SLAVE_PORT} == "no"
 USES+=		desktop-file-utils
 USE_QT=		core gui network widgets \
 		buildtools_build linguisttools_build qmake_build
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	protoc:devel/protobuf
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libprotobuf.so:devel/protobuf
 
 TESTS_USE=		QT=testlib
 TESTS_PLIST_FILES=	bin/test_litecoin-qt \
 			bin/test_litecoin
 .endif
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE?=	DBUS DEBUG HARDENING QRCODES TESTS UPNP WALLET_BDBMODERN ZMQ
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT?=	DBUS HARDENING QRCODES UPNP WALLET_BDBMODERN ZMQ
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 HARDENING_DESC=	Attempt to harden binaries (PIE for ASLR, NX Stack)
 QRCODES_DESC=	Display QR Codes
 TESTS_DESC=	Build test binary and unit tests
 WALLET_BDBMODERN_DESC=	Wallet using modern BDB 5.x or 6.x
 ZMQ_DESC=	Block and transaction broadcasting with ZeroMQ
 
 DBUS_CONFIGURE_WITH=	dbus
 DBUS_USE=		QT=dbus
 
 DEBUG_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=		debug
 DEBUG_INSTALL_TARGET_OFF=	install-strip
 
 HARDENING_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	hardening
 
 TESTS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	tests bench
 .if defined(SLAVE_PORT) && ${SLAVE_PORT} == "yes"
 TESTS_PLIST_FILES=	bin/test_litecoin
 .endif
 TESTS_PLIST_FILES+=	bin/bench_litecoin
 
 UPNP_CONFIGURE_WITH=	miniupnpc
 UPNP_LIB_DEPENDS=	libminiupnpc.so:net/miniupnpc
 UPNP_CPPFLAGS=		-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 UPNP_LIBS=		-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 
 QRCODES_CONFIGURE_WITH=	qrencode
 QRCODES_LIB_DEPENDS=	libqrencode.so:graphics/libqrencode
 
 ZMQ_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	zmq
 ZMQ_BUILD_DEPENDS=	libzmq4>0:net/libzmq4
 ZMQ_RUN_DEPENDS=	libzmq4>0:net/libzmq4
 
 GH_ACCOUNT=	litecoin-project
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS?=	--without-libs \
 			--with-gui=qt5 \
 			--without-daemon \
 			--without-utils
 
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	CRYPTO_CFLAGS="-I${OPENSSLINC}" CRYPTO_LIBS="-L${OPENSSLLIB} -lcrypto" \
 		SSL_CFLAGS="-I${OPENSSLINC}" SSL_LIBS="-L${OPENSSLLIB} -lssl" \
 		OBJCXX="${CXX}" OBJCXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
 MAKE_ENV+=	V=1
 
 PLIST_FILES?=	bin/litecoin-qt man/man1/litecoin-qt.1.gz \
 		share/applications/litecoin-qt.desktop share/pixmaps/litecoin.png
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MWALLET_BDBMODERN}
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-wallet --with-incompatible-bdb
 USES+=			bdb:5+
 .else
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--disable-wallet
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MWALLET_BDBMODERN}
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${BDB_INCLUDE_DIR}
 LIBS+=		-L${BDB_LIB_DIR}
 .endif
 
 .if defined(SLAVE_PORT) && ${SLAVE_PORT} == "no"
 
 post-install:
 	${INSTALL} ${FILESDIR}/litecoin-qt.desktop \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/applications/
 	${INSTALL} ${WRKSRC}/share/pixmaps/bitcoin128.png \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/pixmaps/litecoin.png
 
 .endif
 
 regression-test: build
 	# To use this sucessfully, remove --without-daemon and --without-utils
 	# from CONFIGURE_ARGS above.
 
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${GMAKE} check
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/net-p2p/litecoin/distinfo b/net-p2p/litecoin/distinfo
index ac04b4eb34f8..f94c4afd554a 100644
--- a/net-p2p/litecoin/distinfo
+++ b/net-p2p/litecoin/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1562572626
-SHA256 (litecoin-project-litecoin-v0.17.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 6e05514a480990f1ff1e7c81b5443d741f4016c03ab5c1ef44bf4b169af88bee
-SIZE (litecoin-project-litecoin-v0.17.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 4717718
+TIMESTAMP = 1591956417
+SHA256 (litecoin-project-litecoin-v0.18.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2d67cba11adc5890b9698ccddeb68dd3c2ff6af19bf3ed0f1c719348b914042f
+SIZE (litecoin-project-litecoin-v0.18.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 5122629
diff --git a/net-p2p/litecoin/files/litecoind.in b/net-p2p/litecoin/files/litecoind.in
index 3691daf3ec03..5f1b7923a01d 100644
--- a/net-p2p/litecoin/files/litecoind.in
+++ b/net-p2p/litecoin/files/litecoind.in
@@ -1,172 +1,172 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 # PROVIDE: litecoind
 # REQUIRE: LOGIN cleanvar
 # KEYWORD: shutdown
 
 #
 # Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf to enable :
 # litecoind_enable (bool):	Set to "NO" by default.
 #				Set it to "YES" to enable litecoind
 # litecoind_user (str)		Set to "litecoin" by default.
 # litecoind_group (str)		Set to "litecoin" by default.
 # litecoind_conf (str)		Set to "%%PREFIX%%/etc/litecoind.conf" by default.
 # litecoind_data_dir (str)	Set to "/var/db/litecoin" by default.
 # litecoindlimits_enable (bool)	Set to "NO" by default.
 #				Set it to "YES" to enable litecoindlimits
 # litecoindlimits_args		Set to "-e -U ${litecoind_user}" by default
 
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
 name="litecoind"
 rcvar=litecoind_enable
 
 start_precmd="litecoind_precmd"
 start_cmd="litecoind_start"
 restart_precmd="litecoind_checkconfig"
 reload_precmd="litecoind_checkconfig"
 configtest_cmd="litecoind_checkconfig"
 status_cmd="litecoind_status"
 stop_cmd="litecoind_stop"
 stop_postcmd="litecoind_wait"
 command="%%PREFIX%%/bin/litecoind"
 daemon_command="/usr/sbin/daemon"
 #pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
 extra_commands="configtest"
 
 
 : ${litecoind_enable:="NO"}
 : ${litecoindlimits_enable:="NO"}
 
 load_rc_config ${name}
 
 : ${litecoind_user:="litecoin"}
 : ${litecoind_group:="litecoin"}
 : ${litecoind_data_dir:="/var/db/litecoin"}
 : ${litecoind_config_file:="%%PREFIX%%/etc/litecoin.conf"}
 : ${litecoindlimits_args:="-e -U ${litecoind_user}"}
 
 # set up dependant variables
 procname="${command}"
-pidfile="${litecoind_data_dir}/litecoind.pid"
+pidfile="${litecoind_data_dir}/litecoind-daemon.pid"
 required_files="${litecoind_config_file}"
 
 
 litecoind_checkconfig()
 {
   echo "Performing sanity check on litecoind configuration:"
   if [ ! -d "${litecoind_data_dir}" ]
   then
     echo "Missing data directory: ${litecoind_data_dir}"
     exit 1
   fi
   chown -R "${litecoind_user}:${litecoind_group}" "${litecoind_data_dir}"
 
   if [ ! -f "${litecoind_config_file}" ]
   then
     echo "Missing configuration file: ${litecoind_config_file}"
     exit 1
   fi
   if [ ! -x "${command}" ]
   then
     echo "Missing executable: ${command}"
     exit 1
   fi
   return 0
 }
 
 litecoind_cleanup()
 {
   rm -f "${pidfile}"
 }
 
 litecoind_precmd()
 {
   litecoind_checkconfig
 
   pid=$(check_pidfile "${pidfile}" "${procname}")
   if [ -z "${pid}" ]
   then
     echo "Litecoind is not running"
     rm -f "${pidfile}"
   fi
 
   if checkyesno litecoindlimits_enable
   then
     eval $(/usr/bin/limits ${litecoindlimits_args}) 2>/dev/null
   else
     return 0
   fi
 }
 
 litecoind_status()
 {
   local pid
   pid=$(check_pidfile "${pidfile}" "${procname}")
   if [ -z "${pid}" ]
   then
     echo "Litecoind is not running"
     return 1
   else
     echo "Litecoind running, pid: ${pid}"
   fi
 }
 
 litecoind_start()
 {
   echo "Starting litecoind:"
   cd "${litecoind_data_dir}" || return 1
   ${daemon_command} -u "${litecoind_user}" -p "${pidfile}" -f \
     ${command} \
     -conf="${litecoind_config_file}" \
     -datadir="${litecoind_data_dir}"
 }
 
 litecoind_stop()
 {
   echo "Stopping litecoind:"
   pid=$(check_pidfile "${pidfile}" "${procname}")
   if [ -z "${pid}" ]
   then
     echo "Litecoind is not running"
     return 1
   else
     kill ${pid}
   fi
 }
 
 litecoind_wait()
 {
   local n=60
   echo "Waiting for litecoind shutdown:"
   while :
   do
     printf '.'
     pid=$(check_pidfile "${pidfile}" "${procname}")
     if [ -z "${pid}" ]
     then
       printf '\n'
       break
     fi
     sleep 1
     n=$((${n} - 1))
     if [ ${n} -eq 0 -a -f "${pidfile}" ]
     then
       printf "\nForce shutdown"
       kill -9 $(cat "${pidfile}")
       for n in 1 2 3
       do
         printf '.'
         sleep 1
       done
       printf '\n'
       break
     fi
   done
   rm -f "${pidfile}"
   echo "Shutdown complete"
 }
 
 run_rc_command "$1"