diff --git a/Formula/rocksdb.rb b/Formula/rocksdb.rb
index 31b45fb231..124c750cce 100644
--- a/Formula/rocksdb.rb
+++ b/Formula/rocksdb.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 class Rocksdb < Formula
   desc "Embeddable, persistent key-value store for fast storage"
   homepage "https://rocksdb.org/"
-  url "https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/archive/rocksdb-5.14.3.tar.gz"
-  sha256 "ef3cbbb764344e5778db8f3f54d080f02783c3c94deff42d5822dfeb9b014c65"
+  url "https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/archive/v5.18.3.tar.gz"
+  sha256 "7fb6738263d3f2b360d7468cf2ebe333f3109f3ba1ff80115abd145d75287254"
 
   bottle do
     cellar :any
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class Rocksdb < Formula
     ENV["PORTABLE"] = "1"
     ENV["DEBUG_LEVEL"] = "0"
     ENV["USE_RTTI"] = "1"
+    ENV["ROCKSDB_DISABLE_ALIGNED_NEW"] = "1" if MacOS.version <= :sierra
     ENV["DISABLE_JEMALLOC"] = "1" # prevent opportunistic linkage
 
     # build regular rocksdb