diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-future/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-future/PKGBUILD
index 441834149c..67da8e0dd8 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-future/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-future/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 _realname=future
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-python-${_realname}
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-${_realname}"  "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-${_realname}")
-pkgver=0.17.1
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=0.18.1
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Clean single-source support for Python 3 and 2 (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 url='https://python-future.org/'
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2"
 checkdepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-requests"
               "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python2-requests")
 options=('staticlibs' 'strip' '!debug')
-source=("https://pypi.io/packages/source/f/future/future-$pkgver.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('67045236dcfd6816dc439556d009594abf643e5eb48992e36beac09c2ca659b8')
+source=("https://pypi.io/packages/source/f/future/future-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
+sha256sums=('858e38522e8fd0d3ce8f0c1feaf0603358e366d5403209674c7b617fa0c24093')
 
 # Helper macros to help make tasks easier #
 apply_patch_with_msg() {
   for _patch in "$@"
   do
     msg2 "Applying $_patch"
-    patch -Nbp1 -i "${srcdir}/$_patch"
+    patch -Nbp1 -i "${srcdir}/${_patch}"
   done
 }
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ prepare() {
     cp -r "${_realname}-${pkgver}" "${builddir}"
   done
   # Set version for setuptools_scm
-  export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$pkgver
+  export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${pkgver}
 }
 
 # Note that build() is sometimes skipped because it's done in