diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/dpkg/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/dpkg/default.nix
index 022b8dfc2ca4..2357ec77f122 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/dpkg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/dpkg/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, zlib, bzip2, xz, makeWrapper }:
 
-let version = "1.18.1"; in
+let version = "1.18.2"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "dpkg-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1nlr0djn5zl9cmlcxxmd7dk3fx0zw9gi4qm7cfz0r5qwl9yaj9nb";
+    sha256 = "192pqjd0c7i91kiqzn3cq2sqp5vivf0079i0wybdc9yhfcm4yj0i";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   configureFlags = "--disable-dselect --with-admindir=/var/lib/dpkg PERL_LIBDIR=$(out)/${perl.libPrefix}";
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    # Nice: dpkg has a circular dependency on itself.  Its configure
+    # Nice: dpkg has a circular dependency on itself. Its configure
     # script calls scripts/dpkg-architecture, which calls "dpkg" in
-    # $PATH.  It doesn't actually use its result, but fails if it
-    # isn't present.  So make a dummy available.
+    # $PATH. It doesn't actually use its result, but fails if it
+    # isn't present, so make a dummy available.
     touch $TMPDIR/dpkg
     chmod +x $TMPDIR/dpkg
     PATH=$TMPDIR:$PATH