diff --git a/mingw-w64-directx-headers/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-directx-headers/PKGBUILD
index 273724d658..6b7f0ef17f 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-directx-headers/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-directx-headers/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
 _realname=directx-headers
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}")
-pkgver=1.616.0
+pkgver=1.618.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Official DirectX headers available under an open source license (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clangarm64')
 msys2_references=(
   'archlinux: directx-headers'
+  'gentoo: dev-util/directx-headers'
 )
 url='https://github.com/microsoft/DirectX-Headers'
 license=('spdx:MIT')
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cc"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cmake"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ninja")
 source=("https://github.com/microsoft/DirectX-Headers/archive/v${pkgver}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('125f492802939b40223bfccb83badd3f599af2d3449613d6cb893720607b9025')
+sha256sums=('92b8b06e3dce4e689eb2e1c8545c919d385b141314d30ef5adbad4bfdddf5eb3')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}"/${_realname}-${pkgver}