diff --git a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
index a8c62dfea76ec2b3b979e1dd75ec1c09745cdb1b..8cca98d0a6f690d81cfa456822958c57a715a518 100755
--- a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
+++ b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 ## http://blog.joncairns.com/2013/08/what-you-need-to-know-about-bash-functions/
 
 ## load lsf helpers
-#source <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holgerbrandl/datautils/v1.17/bash/lsf_utils.sh 2>&1 2>/dev/null)
+#source <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holgerbrandl/datautils/v1.18/bash/lsf_utils.sh 2>&1 2>/dev/null)
 
 ## enable snippet spinning
-source <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holgerbrandl/datautils/v1.17/R/spinr/spin_utils.sh 2>&1 2>/dev/null)
+source <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holgerbrandl/datautils/v1.18/R/spinr/spin_utils.sh 2>&1 2>/dev/null)
 export PATH=/home/brandl/bin/spinr:$PATH
 
-source <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holgerbrandl/datautils/v1.17/R/rendr/rendr_utils.sh 2>&1 2>/dev/null)
+source <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/holgerbrandl/datautils/v1.18/R/rendr/rendr_utils.sh 2>&1 2>/dev/null)
 export PATH=/home/brandl/bin/rendr:$PATH