diff --git a/math/py-heyoka/Makefile b/math/py-heyoka/Makefile
index 411a1ec2d347..76591c3ea301 100644
--- a/math/py-heyoka/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-heyoka/Makefile
@@ -1,41 +1,41 @@
 PORTNAME=	heyoka
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.17.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.18.0
 CATEGORIES=	math
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python library for ODE integration via Taylor's method and LLVM
 
 LICENSE=	MPL20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	pybind11>0:devel/pybind11
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_serialization.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libfmt.so:devel/libfmt \
 		libheyoka.so:math/heyoka \
 		libmp++.so:math/mppp \
 		libspdlog.so:devel/spdlog
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cloudpickle>0:devel/py-cloudpickle@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mpmath>0:math/py-mpmath@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sympy>0:math/py-sympy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++17-lang python:3.7+
 USE_PYTHON=	flavors
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	bluescarni
 GH_PROJECT=	${PORTNAME}.py
 
 CMAKE_ON=	HEYOKA_PY_ENABLE_IPO
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DFREEBSD_PYTHON_DISTVERSION=${PYTHON_DISTVERSION}
 
 do-test: install
 	# testsuite based on instructions in https://bluescarni.github.io/heyoka.py/install.html#verifying-the-installation
 	@${PYTHON_CMD} -c "import heyoka; heyoka.test.run_test_suite();"
 	# integrate and plot an example
 	@${PYTHON_CMD} ${FILESDIR}/example-restricted-three-body-problem.py
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/py-heyoka/distinfo b/math/py-heyoka/distinfo
index 81185674cc63..0c493d315b9c 100644
--- a/math/py-heyoka/distinfo
+++ b/math/py-heyoka/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1643307405
-SHA256 (bluescarni-heyoka.py-v0.17.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 4765162bef944c7365ebbb69fe580cf76e65a5744e1a4bb657b84cd396a6f3c3
-SIZE (bluescarni-heyoka.py-v0.17.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 101962347
+TIMESTAMP = 1652378005
+SHA256 (bluescarni-heyoka.py-v0.18.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 88082a64dedac71f08f1222d8659befe14edcdcff01158e9a99fcc534d11b97a
+SIZE (bluescarni-heyoka.py-v0.18.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 101967972