diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
index ac25f4c406..0ac4d0640f 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_glib-2.0 ?= "2.14.3"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_glib-2.0-native ?= "2.12.4"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_atk ?= "1.18.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_cairo ?= "1.4.10"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_pango ?= "1.18.1"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_pango ?= "1.18.3"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_gtk+ ?= "2.10.14"
 
 PREFERRED_VERSION_dbus ?= "1.0.2"
diff --git a/meta/packages/pango/pango-1.18.1/configure_fixes.patch b/meta/packages/pango/pango-1.18.3/configure_fixes.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/packages/pango/pango-1.18.1/configure_fixes.patch
rename to meta/packages/pango/pango-1.18.3/configure_fixes.patch
diff --git a/meta/packages/pango/pango-1.18.1/no-tests.patch b/meta/packages/pango/pango-1.18.3/no-tests.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/packages/pango/pango-1.18.1/no-tests.patch
rename to meta/packages/pango/pango-1.18.3/no-tests.patch
diff --git a/meta/packages/pango/pango_1.18.1.bb b/meta/packages/pango/pango_1.18.3.bb
similarity index 64%
rename from meta/packages/pango/pango_1.18.1.bb
rename to meta/packages/pango/pango_1.18.3.bb
index c89174b342..8e3e8e7d3a 100644
--- a/meta/packages/pango/pango_1.18.1.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/pango/pango_1.18.3.bb
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 require pango.inc
-PR = "r1"