diff --git a/make/archives.mk b/make/archives.mk
index bb232d02..5218e736 100644
--- a/make/archives.mk
+++ b/make/archives.mk
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ CORTEX-STRINGS_VER=48fd30c346ff2ab14ca574b770b5c1bcbefadba8
 $(ARCHIVE)/cortex-strings-$(CORTEX-STRINGS_VER).tar.bz2:
 	get-git-archive.sh http://git.linaro.org/git-ro/toolchain/cortex-strings.git $(CORTEX-STRINGS_VER) $(notdir $@) $(ARCHIVE)
 
-U_BOOT_VER=2017.09
+U_BOOT_VER=2018.09
 $(ARCHIVE)/u-boot-$(U_BOOT_VER).tar.bz2:
 	$(WGET) ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/u-boot-$(U_BOOT_VER).tar.bz2