diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/caf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/caf/default.nix
index fdc06df948d7..944b5276c5a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/caf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/caf/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "actor-framework";
-  version = "0.17.6";
+  version = "0.18.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "actor-framework";
     repo = "actor-framework";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "03pi2jcdvdxncvv3hmzlamask0db1fc5l79k9rgq9agl0swd0mnz";
+    sha256 = "1c3spd6vm1h9qhlk5c4fdwi6nbqx5vwz2zvv6qp0rj1hx6xpq3cx";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ openssl ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DCAF_NO_EXAMPLES:BOOL=TRUE"
+    "-DCAF_ENABLE_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF"
   ];
 
   doCheck = true;
   checkTarget = "test";
   preCheck = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD/lib
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD/lib
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/libcaf_core:$PWD/libcaf_io
+    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/libcaf_core:$PWD/libcaf_io
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {