diff --git a/community/zig/APKBUILD b/community/zig/APKBUILD
index d0248fe9feb..597780b113f 100644
--- a/community/zig/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/zig/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Contributor: Milan P. Stanić <mps@arvanta.net>
 # Maintainer: lauren n. liberda <lauren@selfisekai.rocks>
 pkgname=zig
-pkgver=0.12.0
+pkgver=0.13.0
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="General-purpose programming language designed for robustness, optimality, and maintainability"
 url="https://ziglang.org/"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ url="https://ziglang.org/"
 arch="x86_64 aarch64"
 license="MIT"
 install="$pkgname.pre-upgrade"
-_llvmver=17
+_llvmver=18
 # will need switch to lld$_llvmver-dev later
 makedepends="
 	clang$_llvmver-dev
@@ -67,5 +67,5 @@ package() {
 }
 
 sha512sums="
-0c3d9396fea4905245c7e32ce6bd9b4ff140f061cd8a957929e4c84cf105f5bbcbf2e7c030013ac649edb569e909f65d928b3e8a86f35c9076fb62e996feea14  zig-0.12.0.tar.xz
+6f5f31f4ba71a11d8b16c7a5a613e124095e503fa6b02d2b77e5b177674c739287e81d98d96dc261fed24bc836caf196f71c3fcc7a6518387df86ba9e03df4dd  zig-0.13.0.tar.xz
 "