diff --git a/srcpkgs/iproute2/patches/fix-UINT_MAX-undeclared-with-build-with-musl-libc.patch b/srcpkgs/iproute2/patches/fix-UINT_MAX-undeclared-with-build-with-musl-libc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f5cf23c7446b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/iproute2/patches/fix-UINT_MAX-undeclared-with-build-with-musl-libc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From 6c1113633fde51b0e60f02243cfad1b3d09762cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Akhilesh Nema <nemaakhilesh@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 18:11:24 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] fix 'UINT_MAX' undeclared with build with musl libc
+
+- utils_math.c:136:20: error: 'UINT_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)
+- tc_core.c:51:22: error: 'UINT_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)
+
+Signed-off-by: Akhilesh Nema <nemaakhilesh@gmail.com>
+---
+ lib/utils_math.c | 1 +
+ tc/tc_core.c     | 1 +
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/lib/utils_math.c b/lib/utils_math.c
+index a7e74744..fd2ddc7c 100644
+--- a/lib/utils_math.c
++++ b/lib/utils_math.c
+@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <math.h>
++#include <limits.h>
+ #include <asm/types.h>
+ 
+ #include "utils.h"
+diff --git a/tc/tc_core.c b/tc/tc_core.c
+index a422e02c..b13b7d78 100644
+--- a/tc/tc_core.c
++++ b/tc/tc_core.c
+@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <math.h>
++#include <limits.h>
+ #include <sys/socket.h>
+ #include <netinet/in.h>
+ #include <arpa/inet.h>
+-- 
+2.51.2
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/iproute2/patches/lib-bridge-avoid-redefinition-of-in6_addr.patch b/srcpkgs/iproute2/patches/lib-bridge-avoid-redefinition-of-in6_addr.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ae784ef717c0e3..00000000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/iproute2/patches/lib-bridge-avoid-redefinition-of-in6_addr.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-From 25b2834cc974729229afcd308f127995405f85c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Yureka <yureka@cyberchaos.dev>
-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:39:47 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] lib: bridge: avoid redefinition of in6_addr
-
-On musl libc, which does not use the kernel definitions of in6_addr, including
-the libc headers after the kernel (UAPI) headers would cause a redefinition
-error. The opposite order avoids the redefinition.
-
-Fixes: 9e89d5b94d749f37525cd8778311e1c9f28f172a
-Signed-off-by: Yureka <yureka@cyberchaos.dev>
-Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
----
- lib/bridge.c | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/lib/bridge.c b/lib/bridge.c
-index 5386aa01..104f5858 100644
---- a/lib/bridge.c
-+++ b/lib/bridge.c
-@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
- 
- #include <net/if.h>
- 
--#include "bridge.h"
- #include "utils.h"
-+#include "bridge.h"
- 
- void bridge_print_vlan_flags(__u16 flags)
- {
--- 
-2.51.2
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/iproute2/template b/srcpkgs/iproute2/template
index ff0e1850d85c0d..0a6eb290bb5c23 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/iproute2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/iproute2/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'iproute2'
 pkgname=iproute2
-version=6.17.0
+version=6.18.0
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 make_install_args="SBINDIR=/usr/bin"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/iproute2"
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/utils/net/iproute2/iproute2-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=9781e59410ab7dea8e9f79bb10ff1488e63d10fcbb70503b94426ba27a8e2dec
+checksum=6ba520e1975e4c50dc931eeae91ea37c198b8a173744885f8895b84325f9d456
 # Requires unshare, which is not provided by chroot-util-linux.
 make_check=no