diff --git a/net-p2p/litecoin/Makefile b/net-p2p/litecoin/Makefile
index 33db9260d712..5afa6a04b52f 100644
--- a/net-p2p/litecoin/Makefile
+++ b/net-p2p/litecoin/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	litecoin
-PORTVERSION=	0.17.1
+PORTVERSION=	0.18.1
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-PORTREVISION?=	3
 CATEGORIES=	net-p2p finance
 
 MAINTAINER=	hsw@bitmark.com
diff --git a/net-p2p/litecoin/distinfo b/net-p2p/litecoin/distinfo
index ac04b4eb34f8..f94c4afd554a 100644
--- a/net-p2p/litecoin/distinfo
+++ b/net-p2p/litecoin/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1562572626
-SHA256 (litecoin-project-litecoin-v0.17.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 6e05514a480990f1ff1e7c81b5443d741f4016c03ab5c1ef44bf4b169af88bee
-SIZE (litecoin-project-litecoin-v0.17.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 4717718
+TIMESTAMP = 1591956417
+SHA256 (litecoin-project-litecoin-v0.18.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2d67cba11adc5890b9698ccddeb68dd3c2ff6af19bf3ed0f1c719348b914042f
+SIZE (litecoin-project-litecoin-v0.18.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 5122629
diff --git a/net-p2p/litecoin/files/litecoind.in b/net-p2p/litecoin/files/litecoind.in
index 3691daf3ec03..5f1b7923a01d 100644
--- a/net-p2p/litecoin/files/litecoind.in
+++ b/net-p2p/litecoin/files/litecoind.in
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ load_rc_config ${name}
 
 # set up dependant variables
 procname="${command}"
-pidfile="${litecoind_data_dir}/litecoind.pid"
+pidfile="${litecoind_data_dir}/litecoind-daemon.pid"
 required_files="${litecoind_config_file}"