diff --git a/community/rust/PKGBUILD b/community/rust/PKGBUILD
index 456b7850f..3da70d047 100644
--- a/community/rust/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/rust/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildarch=28
 
 pkgname=('rust' 'rust-docs')
 epoch=1
-pkgver=1.17.0
+pkgver=1.18.0
 pkgrel=1
 
 pkgdesc='Systems programming language focused on safety, speed and concurrency'
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ options=('!emptydirs')
 
 source=("https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-$pkgver-src.tar.gz"{,.asc})
 
-sha256sums=('4baba3895b75f2492df6ce5a28a916307ecd1c088dc1fd02dbfa8a8e86174f87'
+sha256sums=('d2dc36e99b9e2269488b2bcddde43c234e6bde03edf70cba82a027ff49c36111'
             'SKIP')
 validpgpkeys=('108F66205EAEB0AAA8DD5E1C85AB96E6FA1BE5FE') # Rust Language (Tag and Release Signing Key) <rust-key@rust-lang.org>
 
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ build() {
 
   export RUSTFLAGS="$RUSTFLAGS -C link-args=-lffi"
 
-  python2 ./x.py build --verbose
+  msg2 "Run build under x.py"
+  python2 ./x.py build
 }
 
 package_rust() {