diff --git a/sysutils/tmpreaper/Makefile b/sysutils/tmpreaper/Makefile
index 8e9829778e1c..7bb9a812714c 100644
--- a/sysutils/tmpreaper/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/tmpreaper/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	tmpreaper
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.17
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.18
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	DEBIAN
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
@@ -12,9 +11,9 @@ WWW=		https://packages.debian.org/sid/tmpreaper
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-USES=				autoreconf cpe
-CPE_VENDOR=			debian
-GNU_CONFIGURE=			yes
+USES=		autoreconf cpe tar:xz
+CPE_VENDOR=	debian
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
diff --git a/sysutils/tmpreaper/distinfo b/sysutils/tmpreaper/distinfo
index 9ede77486678..7385a2148a1e 100644
--- a/sysutils/tmpreaper/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/tmpreaper/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1656226804
-SHA256 (tmpreaper_1.6.17.tar.gz) = 1ca94d156eb68160ec9b6ed8b97d70fbee996de21437f0cf7d0c3b46709fecbc
-SIZE (tmpreaper_1.6.17.tar.gz) = 158894
+TIMESTAMP = 1742331728
+SHA256 (tmpreaper_1.6.18.tar.xz) = 2ae7de0775b49abd222d09ad71360d795b40aa7c31253363e64c182966a37c00
+SIZE (tmpreaper_1.6.18.tar.xz) = 128452