diff --git a/devel/py-simplejson/Makefile b/devel/py-simplejson/Makefile
index 77b3ee7fe5cb..60c41993d6e6 100644
--- a/devel/py-simplejson/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-simplejson/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	simplejson
-PORTVERSION=	3.18.0
+PORTVERSION=	3.18.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	python@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder
 WWW=		https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson
 
 # dual-licensed under MIT and Academic Free License version 2.1
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 USES=		cpe python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils unittest
 
 CPE_VENDOR=	simplejson_project
 
 post-install:
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} -name '*.so' -exec ${STRIP_CMD} {} +
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-simplejson/distinfo b/devel/py-simplejson/distinfo
index 68ff7b461f7a..a7e165115b4d 100644
--- a/devel/py-simplejson/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-simplejson/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1669058337
-SHA256 (simplejson-3.18.0.tar.gz) = 58a429d2c2fa80834115b923ff689622de8f214cf0dc4afa9f59e824b444ab31
-SIZE (simplejson-3.18.0.tar.gz) = 83533
+TIMESTAMP = 1674590818
+SHA256 (simplejson-3.18.1.tar.gz) = 746086e3ef6d74b53599df31b491d88a355abf2e31c837137dd90f8c4561cafa
+SIZE (simplejson-3.18.1.tar.gz) = 83603