diff --git a/bulkdata/Makefile b/bulkdata/Makefile
index 1bb63b7ab..7745b3bb0 100755
--- a/bulkdata/Makefile
+++ b/bulkdata/Makefile
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=bulkdata
-PKG_VERSION:=2.1.17
+PKG_VERSION:=2.1.18
 
 LOCAL_DEV:=0
 ifneq ($(LOCAL_DEV),1)
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://dev.iopsys.eu/bbf/bulkdata.git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=2fea783dc983dcb995b861ee531694d3679706a5
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=d38cb633fbca9e7391269c053a91d91db34730b7
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=skip
 endif
diff --git a/bulkdata/files/etc/config/bulkdata b/bulkdata/files/etc/config/bulkdata
index 3b3ceae1a..060d864fb 100644
--- a/bulkdata/files/etc/config/bulkdata
+++ b/bulkdata/files/etc/config/bulkdata
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 config bulkdata 'bulkdata'
 	option enable '0'
-	#Log levels: Error=1, Warning=2, Info=3, Debug=4
-	option log_level '3'
+	#Log levels: As per syslog 0-7, default 6=>LOG_INFO
+	option log_level '6'