diff --git a/dev-lang/elixir/Manifest b/dev-lang/elixir/Manifest
index 59b7db6ea606b..03f98d281ca20 100644
--- a/dev-lang/elixir/Manifest
+++ b/dev-lang/elixir/Manifest
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ DIST elixir-1.16.2.tar.gz 3357093 BLAKE2B 61ba738542d33e827f7352b7f0a27aa76fc06f
 DIST elixir-1.16.3.tar.gz 3360376 BLAKE2B ac6cdc16f193560e18338bd3e45a4f88c7d4398969336062551477dfdafaab8ada60ae64c856647b36967205849427413938da87f746bd52d03d78e141ba5a03 SHA512 1511fb78bdcc50850cbf91007ed11c6a89e947d0a743c1e9ed30e1c93c1b47b5377fced17eeb66ac511d4f151d2e00ef2ecc6fb425d0d4afe2451be41a6ba6ee
 DIST elixir-1.17.2.tar.gz 3255067 BLAKE2B b2902c41262303fe33efeb22f8fe6cf76596f7d9894b018c0d45eaf1858f7d2ffaa1481659ff290c71807b03c5f2ebb17160d7420133d440957f344df6d01126 SHA512 f9d4983c3e7bd054a76bfe0dfa4aea483a4dd84ada432ae5a144167ff8d268499077704214eaaecfda84469c2f747a3594258ca95a7955bffde0c7b0f65985f2
 DIST elixir-1.17.3.tar.gz 3256595 BLAKE2B c016857f74d65de5afcef6d1284b76fc529a542e5cd0dded73701cbdad93f281529a545af1c5a905cb116a3028472703acfdc21ae070f9255bdfd6d5c09bf7a0 SHA512 084514d1362b52e85c0b4d92b8d18c6d2e9fddb4e4eaf4467f8b1c0985f9ceca1b74a0478581d91164935ae0f49610771860c674e080137e52aadc65b666911b
+DIST elixir-1.18.1.tar.gz 3356562 BLAKE2B bd710e847b2b52255bdcae76793f7f4570a101bd05aec89a4a5ad639febd008309d644db6799e899f46e3a7ba7d9b42e943ec7db04bf983d2c236ccb78292ecb SHA512 ea17f4cb96cab4c4302a304fa8119952ee96b85494f76a6df4e5806f72fa169a2139753600aacd1341f500587d51fabee25a1bf3deb5d838d5ef0d50f0654f76
diff --git a/dev-lang/elixir/elixir-1.18.1.ebuild b/dev-lang/elixir/elixir-1.18.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..46bdb92ad2857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-lang/elixir/elixir-1.18.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DESCRIPTION="Elixir programming language"
+HOMEPAGE="https://elixir-lang.org"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0 ErlPL-1.1"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+# https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/compatibility-and-deprecations.html#between-elixir-and-erlang-otp
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-lang/erlang-25:0=[ssl]
+	<dev-lang/erlang-28
+"
+# 'mix' tool collides with sci-biology/phylip, bug #537514
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	!!sci-biology/phylip
+"
+DEPEND+="
+	test? ( dev-vcs/git )
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.9.1-disable-network-tests.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.10.3-no-Q.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.10.3-epmd-daemon.patch
+)
+
+src_install() {
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" LIBDIR="$(get_libdir)" PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" install
+	dodoc README.md CHANGELOG.md CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+}