diff --git a/databases/ladybug/Makefile b/databases/ladybug/Makefile
index eb45efb26aa1..9e1394254ecb 100644
--- a/databases/ladybug/Makefile
+++ b/databases/ladybug/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	ladybug
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.16.1
+DISTVERSION=	0.18.0
 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
 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 58157256bb2d..9adc11dd07f4 100644
--- a/databases/ladybug/distinfo
+++ b/databases/ladybug/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1777958305
-SHA256 (ladybugdb-ladybug-v0.16.1_GH0.tar.gz) = c22417b46b895df7c25f8314cab27bc1afbf1a43b06463a023c98eac5ffe16c3
-SIZE (ladybugdb-ladybug-v0.16.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 15192139
+TIMESTAMP = 1782946278
+SHA256 (ladybugdb-ladybug-v0.18.0_GH0.tar.gz) = d2111d7c0037763f8b49447e1170f31428e30154866ec3fae3739469ea12046f
+SIZE (ladybugdb-ladybug-v0.18.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 15372114
diff --git a/databases/ladybug/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/databases/ladybug/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
index 5e45cd010918..628b6815511d 100644
--- a/databases/ladybug/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/databases/ladybug/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,46 +1,54 @@
---- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2026-04-29 00:05:06 UTC
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2026-07-01 03:24:20 UTC
 +++ CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -431,30 +431,33 @@ include_directories(third_party/antlr4_runtime/src)
+@@ -442,36 +442,39 @@ include_directories(third_party/antlr4_runtime/src)
  
  include_directories(third_party/antlr4_cypher/include)
  include_directories(third_party/antlr4_runtime/src)
 -include_directories(third_party/brotli/c/include)
 +#include_directories(third_party/brotli/c/include)
  include_directories(third_party/fast_float/include)
  include_directories(third_party/mbedtls/include)
  include_directories(third_party/parquet)
  include_directories(third_party/snappy)
  include_directories(third_party/thrift)
  include_directories(third_party/miniz)
 -include_directories(third_party/yyjson/src)
 -include_directories(third_party/pybind11/include)
 +#include_directories(third_party/yyjson/src)
 +#include_directories(third_party/pybind11/include)
  include_directories(third_party/pyparse)
  include_directories(third_party/re2/include)
  include_directories(third_party/alp/include)
 -if (${BUILD_TESTS} OR ${BUILD_EXTENSION_TESTS})
 -    include_directories(third_party/spdlog)
 -elseif (${BUILD_BENCHMARK})
 -    include_directories(third_party/spdlog)
 -endif ()
 +#if (${BUILD_TESTS} OR ${BUILD_EXTENSION_TESTS})
 +#    include_directories(third_party/spdlog)
 +#elseif (${BUILD_BENCHMARK})
 +#    include_directories(third_party/spdlog)
 +#endif ()
  include_directories(third_party/utf8proc/include)
 -include_directories(third_party/zstd/include)
 +#include_directories(third_party/zstd/include)
  include_directories(third_party/httplib)
  include_directories(third_party/pcg)
 -include_directories(third_party/lz4)
 +#include_directories(third_party/lz4)
  include_directories(third_party/roaring_bitmap)
  include_directories(SYSTEM third_party/simsimd/include)
-+
+ 
 +include_directories($ENV{LOCALBASE}/include)
 +link_directories($ENV{LOCALBASE}/lib)
- 
++
  add_subdirectory(third_party)
  
+ add_library(lbug_link_deps INTERFACE)
+-set(LBUG_STATIC_ARCHIVE_LIBRARIES antlr4_cypher antlr4_runtime brotlidec brotlicommon utf8proc re2 fastpfor parquet snappy thrift yyjson zstd miniz mbedtls lz4 roaring_bitmap simsimd)
+-set(LBUG_LINK_LIBRARIES ${LBUG_STATIC_ARCHIVE_LIBRARIES} fast_float)
++set(LBUG_STATIC_ARCHIVE_LIBRARIES antlr4_cypher antlr4_runtime utf8proc re2 fastpfor parquet snappy thrift miniz mbedtls roaring_bitmap simsimd)
++set(LBUG_LINK_LIBRARIES ${LBUG_STATIC_ARCHIVE_LIBRARIES} fast_float brotlidec brotlicommon yyjson zstd lz4)
+ if (NOT __SINGLE_THREADED__)
+     list(APPEND LBUG_LINK_LIBRARIES Threads::Threads)
+ endif()