diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
index 74c18456e6..c200f96cb9 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_firefox ?= "1.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_gaim ?= "2.0.0-cvs-mco1-20050904"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_gtk2-theme-angelistic ?= "0.3"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_keylaunch ?= "2.0.7"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_librsvg ?= "2.11.1"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_librsvg ?= "2.18.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_libgsm ?= "1.0.10"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_libschedule ?= "0.15"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linphone-hh ?= "0.12.2.hh1"