diff --git a/gnu/packages/kodi.scm b/gnu/packages/kodi.scm
index 508ffaabca..776f9c970e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kodi.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kodi.scm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ (define-public fstrcmp
 (define-public kodi
   (package
     (name "kodi")
-    (version "18.0rc3")
+    (version "18.1")
     (source (origin
               (method git-fetch)
               (uri (git-reference
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ (define-public kodi
               (file-name (git-file-name name version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0bwi4gwmwppjw6bf0zihyg42zwnd0imq0aw4xxsgnacqakhxzii0"))
+                "1w26aqvzxv4c70gcd1vw1pldapsc2xcacwq9b7dqx5m44j0zx1dc"))
               (patches (search-patches "kodi-skip-test-449.patch"))
               (snippet
                '(begin