diff --git a/debuild/Makefile b/debuild/Makefile
index 28ca26a6480061ad322d7dfac408ff5aaa564596..5466d5088a7e7495e5888e70ce9a0ceb14b81149 100644
--- a/debuild/Makefile
+++ b/debuild/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ debsrc = purr-data_$(debversion).orig.tar.gz
 debdist = purr-data-$(debversion)
 
 # nw.js sdk
-nwjsver = 0.17.6
+nwjsver = 0.18.5
 nwjspkg = nwjs-sdk-v$(nwjsver)-linux
 nwjs = $(nwjspkg)-ia32.tar.gz $(nwjspkg)-x64.tar.gz
 
diff --git a/debuild/debian/rules b/debuild/debian/rules
index ca104375ae6e7f2005fdf8a860951d8c734645be..28f6980fcd5a27222702e8e2d279a56e3f227a40 100755
--- a/debuild/debian/rules
+++ b/debuild/debian/rules
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
-nwjsver = 0.17.6
+nwjsver = 0.18.5
 nwjspkg = nwjs-sdk-v$(nwjsver)-linux
 
 ifeq ("$(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)","amd64")
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ override_dh_python2:
 override_dh_compress:
 	dh_compress -X.pd -X.wav -X.aiff -X.txt -X.md
 
+override_dh_strip:
+	dh_strip -Xbin/nw
+
 # Supply some options to get rid of a gazillion of warnings about shared
 # library files which are really externals.
 override_dh_shlibdeps: