diff --git a/benchmarks/iperf3/Makefile b/benchmarks/iperf3/Makefile
index adf55ff2a8f4..6d04ba21cc79 100644
--- a/benchmarks/iperf3/Makefile
+++ b/benchmarks/iperf3/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	iperf
-DISTVERSION=	3.17.1
+DISTVERSION=	3.18
 CATEGORIES=	benchmarks
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/esnet/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/ \
 		https://downloads.es.net/pub/${PORTNAME}/
diff --git a/benchmarks/iperf3/distinfo b/benchmarks/iperf3/distinfo
index 4bf7c130c6e3..f0309d5edd9e 100644
--- a/benchmarks/iperf3/distinfo
+++ b/benchmarks/iperf3/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1715628449
-SHA256 (iperf-3.17.1.tar.gz) = 84404ca8431b595e86c473d8f23d8bb102810001f15feaf610effd3b318788aa
-SIZE (iperf-3.17.1.tar.gz) = 670547
+TIMESTAMP = 1734136688
+SHA256 (iperf-3.18.tar.gz) = c0618175514331e766522500e20c94bfb293b4424eb27d7207fb427b88d20bab
+SIZE (iperf-3.18.tar.gz) = 688037