diff --git a/cabal-install/bootstrap.sh b/cabal-install/bootstrap.sh
index fda2eb0512c15947d8e0726450dd4594951e880f..2b74f93726868db3200481d8d8680f513a1b8067 100755
--- a/cabal-install/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/cabal-install/bootstrap.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ PARSEC_VER="3.1.3";    PARSEC_VER_REGEXP="[23]\."              # == 2.* || == 3.
 DEEPSEQ_VER="1.3.0.1"; DEEPSEQ_VER_REGEXP="1\.[1-9]\."         # >= 1.1 && < 2
 TEXT_VER="0.11.3.1";   TEXT_VER_REGEXP="0\.([2-9]|(1[0-1]))\." # >= 0.2 && < 0.12
 NETWORK_VER="2.4.1.2"; NETWORK_VER_REGEXP="2\."                # == 2.*
-CABAL_VER="1.18.0";    CABAL_VER_REGEXP="1\.1[89]\."           # >= 1.18 && < 1.20
+CABAL_VER="1.18.1";    CABAL_VER_REGEXP="1\.1[89]\."           # >= 1.18 && < 1.20
 TRANS_VER="0.3.0.0";   TRANS_VER_REGEXP="0\.[23]\."            # >= 0.2.* && < 0.4.*
 MTL_VER="2.1.2";       MTL_VER_REGEXP="[2]\."                  #  == 2.*
 HTTP_VER="4000.2.8";   HTTP_VER_REGEXP="4000\.[012]\."         # == 4000.0.* || 4000.1.* || 4000.2.*