diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index cea4715..e82dbf1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           pacman -Syu --noconfirm xcb-util-wm seatd git clang meson libinput libdrm mesa libxkbcommon wayland wayland-protocols xorg-server-xwayland scdoc
 
       - name: Fetch wlroots as a subproject
-        run: git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots.git subprojects/wlroots -b 0.17
+        run: git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots.git subprojects/wlroots -b 0.18
 
       - name: Compile Cage (XWayland=${{ matrix.xwayland }})
         run: |
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           pacman-key --init
           pacman -Syu --noconfirm xcb-util-wm seatd git clang meson libinput libdrm mesa libxkbcommon wayland wayland-protocols xorg-server-xwayland scdoc hwdata
       - name: Fetch wlroots as a subproject
-        run: git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots.git subprojects/wlroots -b 0.17
+        run: git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots.git subprojects/wlroots -b 0.18
       - name: Check for formatting changes
         run: |
           meson build-clang-format -Dwlroots:xwayland=enabled
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           pacman-key --init
           pacman -Syu --noconfirm xcb-util-wm seatd git clang meson libinput libdrm mesa libxkbcommon wayland wayland-protocols xorg-server-xwayland scdoc hwdata
       - name: Fetch wlroots as a subproject
-        run: git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots.git subprojects/wlroots -b 0.17
+        run: git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots.git subprojects/wlroots -b 0.18
       - name: Run scan-build
         run: |
           meson build-scan-build -Dwlroots:xwayland=enabled
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45fbafe..ec6ce78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ All releases are published on [GitHub](https://github.com/cage-kiosk/cage/releas
 
 You can build Cage with the [meson](https://mesonbuild.com/) build system. It
 requires wayland, wlroots, and xkbcommon to be installed. Optionally, install
-scdoc for manual pages. Cage is currently based on branch 0.17 of wlroots.
+scdoc for manual pages. Cage is currently based on branch 0.18 of wlroots.
 
 Simply execute the following steps to build Cage:
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4c0cbe2..a2f328e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if is_freebsd
   )
 endif
 
-wlroots        = dependency('wlroots', version: '>= 0.17.0', fallback: ['wlroots', 'wlroots'])
+wlroots        = dependency('wlroots-0.18', fallback: ['wlroots', 'wlroots'])
 wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>=1.14')
 wayland_server = dependency('wayland-server')
 xkbcommon      = dependency('xkbcommon')