diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/unbound/unbound/0001-contrib-add-yocto-compatible-init-script.patch b/meta-networking/recipes-support/unbound/unbound/0001-contrib-add-yocto-compatible-init-script.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bcf972612..0000000000
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/unbound/unbound/0001-contrib-add-yocto-compatible-init-script.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-From 26614b6578056ec30b95013592e308bf24d924c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Beniamin Sandu <beniaminsandu@gmail.com>
-Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 23:00:20 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] contrib: add yocto compatible init script
-
-Signed-off-by: Beniamin Sandu <beniaminsandu@gmail.com>
----
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
- contrib/unbound.init | 20 ++++++++++----------
- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/contrib/unbound.init b/contrib/unbound.init
-index c5bb52bb..4eba752b 100644
---- a/contrib/unbound.init
-+++ b/contrib/unbound.init
-@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
- ### END INIT INFO
- 
- # Source function library.
--. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
-+. /etc/init.d/functions
- 
- exec="/usr/sbin/unbound"
- prog="unbound"
--config="/var/unbound/unbound.conf"
-+config="/etc/unbound/unbound.conf"
- pidfile="/var/unbound/unbound.pid"
- rootdir="/var/unbound"
- 
-@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ start() {
- 	[ -e ${rootdir}/dev/log ] || touch ${rootdir}/dev/log
- 	mount --bind -n /dev/log ${rootdir}/dev/log >/dev/null 2>&1;
-     fi;
--    if ! egrep -q '^/[^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]+'${rootdir}'/dev/urandom' /proc/mounts; then
-+    if ! egrep -q '^/[^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]+'${rootdir}'/dev/random' /proc/mounts; then
- 	[ -d ${rootdir}/dev ] || mkdir -p ${rootdir}/dev ;
--	[ -e ${rootdir}/dev/urandom ] || touch ${rootdir}/dev/urandom
--	mount --bind -n /dev/urandom ${rootdir}/dev/urandom >/dev/null 2>&1;
-+	[ -e ${rootdir}/dev/random ] || touch ${rootdir}/dev/random
-+	mount --bind -n /dev/random ${rootdir}/dev/random >/dev/null 2>&1;
-     fi;
- 
-     # if not running, start it up here
--    daemon $exec
-+    daemonize $exec
-     retval=$?
-     echo
-     [ $retval -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
-@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ start() {
- stop() {
-     echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
-     # stop it here, often "killproc $prog"
--    killproc -p $pidfile $prog
-+    killproc $prog
-     retval=$?
-     echo
-     [ $retval -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
-     if egrep -q '^/[^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]+'${rootdir}'/dev/log' /proc/mounts; then
- 	umount ${rootdir}/dev/log >/dev/null 2>&1
-     fi;
--    if egrep -q '^/[^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]+'${rootdir}'/dev/urandom' /proc/mounts; then
--	umount ${rootdir}/dev/urandom >/dev/null 2>&1
-+    if egrep -q '^/[^[:space:]]+[[:space:]]+'${rootdir}'/dev/random' /proc/mounts; then
-+	umount ${rootdir}/dev/random >/dev/null 2>&1
-     fi;
-     return $retval
- }
-@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ force_reload() {
- 
- rh_status() {
-     # run checks to determine if the service is running or use generic status
--    status -p $pidfile $prog
-+    status $prog
- }
- 
- rh_status_q() {
--- 
-2.25.1
-
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/unbound/unbound_1.17.1.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/unbound/unbound_1.18.0.bb
similarity index 87%
rename from meta-networking/recipes-support/unbound/unbound_1.17.1.bb
rename to meta-networking/recipes-support/unbound/unbound_1.18.0.bb
index ff3d879ea9..179af8050a 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/unbound/unbound_1.17.1.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/unbound/unbound_1.18.0.bb
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ SECTION = "net"
 LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=5308494bc0590c0cb036afd781d78f06"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
-	file://0001-contrib-add-yocto-compatible-init-script.patch \
-"
-SRCREV = "90831af981221bbce1cd7b15055562336760e484"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
+SRCREV = "3795e374107ac7a5a977c516e144a3cd9b0da998"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig systemd update-rc.d
 
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ do_install:append() {
 	install -m 0644 ${B}/contrib/unbound.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
 
 	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
-	install -m 0755 ${S}/contrib/unbound.init ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/unbound
+	install -m 0755 ${S}/contrib/unbound.init_yocto ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/unbound
 }
 
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN} = "${BPN}.service"