diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7671fa5..a11d0b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@
 /crossbeam-epoch-0.9.14.crate
 /crossbeam-epoch-0.9.15.crate
 /crossbeam-epoch-0.9.17.crate
+/crossbeam-epoch-0.9.18.crate
diff --git a/0001-Remove-redundant-clone-call-to-fix-builds-with-Rust-.patch b/0001-Remove-redundant-clone-call-to-fix-builds-with-Rust-.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4015523..0000000
--- a/0001-Remove-redundant-clone-call-to-fix-builds-with-Rust-.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 1cead3c1acf440d13bfa09a636a70531337f170d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2023 01:19:01 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Remove redundant clone() call to fix builds with Rust 1.73+
-
----
- src/guard.rs | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/guard.rs b/src/guard.rs
-index ba7fe1b..32c82e6 100644
---- a/src/guard.rs
-+++ b/src/guard.rs
-@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Guard {
- ///     a.load(Relaxed, epoch::unprotected());
- ///
- ///     // It's possible to create more dummy guards by calling `clone()`.
--///     let dummy = &epoch::unprotected().clone();
-+///     let dummy = &epoch::unprotected();
- ///
- ///     dummy.defer(move || {
- ///         println!("This gets executed immediately.");
--- 
-2.41.0
-
diff --git a/crossbeam-epoch-fix-metadata-auto.diff b/crossbeam-epoch-fix-metadata-auto.diff
index 3c23167..4529f42 100644
--- a/crossbeam-epoch-fix-metadata-auto.diff
+++ b/crossbeam-epoch-fix-metadata-auto.diff
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---- crossbeam-epoch-0.9.17/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
-+++ crossbeam-epoch-0.9.17/Cargo.toml	2023-12-27T20:28:23.715342+00:00
-@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
+--- crossbeam-epoch-0.9.18/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
++++ crossbeam-epoch-0.9.18/Cargo.toml	2024-01-11T17:27:01.731050+00:00
+@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
  alloc = []
  default = ["std"]
  loom = [
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
      "crossbeam-utils/loom",
  ]
  nightly = ["crossbeam-utils/nightly"]
-@@ -57,7 +56,3 @@
+@@ -51,7 +50,3 @@
      "crossbeam-utils/std",
  ]
  
diff --git a/crossbeam-epoch-fix-metadata.diff b/crossbeam-epoch-fix-metadata.diff
index 9a7b58a..ec81d29 100644
--- a/crossbeam-epoch-fix-metadata.diff
+++ b/crossbeam-epoch-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---- crossbeam-epoch-0.9.17/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
-+++ crossbeam-epoch-0.9.17/Cargo.toml	2023-12-27T20:28:39.797416+00:00
-@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@
+--- crossbeam-epoch-0.9.18/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
++++ crossbeam-epoch-0.9.18/Cargo.toml	2024-01-11T17:27:11.140087+00:00
+@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@
  [features]
  alloc = []
  default = ["std"]
diff --git a/rust-crossbeam-epoch.spec b/rust-crossbeam-epoch.spec
index d35138e..1f29f60 100644
--- a/rust-crossbeam-epoch.spec
+++ b/rust-crossbeam-epoch.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %global crate crossbeam-epoch
 
 Name:           rust-crossbeam-epoch
-Version:        0.9.17
+Version:        0.9.18
 Release:        %autorelease
 Summary:        Epoch-based garbage collection
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 803b3c9..6e5668b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (crossbeam-epoch-0.9.17.crate) = 9bdeb0415ea26250547ed9f34a8dd4c17f9379e3c56f8f17315e48f9bf63ce1b79c37786ead0f4df026e31b0b5965d181c36839d891c14149529ac42b5cedea4
+SHA512 (crossbeam-epoch-0.9.18.crate) = 0a8a199b9d77f4e28e91fe0a0cbff7e0dec58cac283631fd972477fa912d2f6ddfddaed2c695e4978b01cb5440b702822af6333e7c3dfbcb9a2c2086999516b2