diff --git a/scripts/install-buildtools b/scripts/install-buildtools
index c874494f4ab..24cb3099453 100755
--- a/scripts/install-buildtools
+++ b/scripts/install-buildtools
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ logger = scriptutils.logger_create(PROGNAME, stream=sys.stdout)
 
 DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.split(scripts_path)[0],'buildtools')
 DEFAULT_BASE_URL = 'https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto'
-DEFAULT_RELEASE = 'yocto-5.0.15'
-DEFAULT_INSTALLER_VERSION = '5.0.15'
+DEFAULT_RELEASE = 'yocto-5.0.18'
+DEFAULT_INSTALLER_VERSION = '5.0.18'
 DEFAULT_BUILDDATE = '202110XX'
 
 # Python version sanity check