diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 208719f..e2994b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Monero C++ Library
 
-A C++ library for creating Monero applications using native bindings to [monero v0.18.1.0 'Flourine Fermie'](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/tree/v0.18.1.0).
+A C++ library for creating Monero applications using native bindings to [monero v0.18.1.2 'Flourine Fermie'](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/tree/v0.18.1.2).
 
 * Supports fully client-side wallets by wrapping [wallet2.h](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/blob/master/src/wallet/wallet2.h).
 * Supports multisig, view-only, and offline wallets.
@@ -169,33 +169,41 @@ For example, [monero-java](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-java) comp
 1. If building this library standalone instead of as a submodule in another project, clone the project repository and update its submodules:
     1. `git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-cpp.git`
     2. `cd ./monero-cpp && ./bin/update_submodules.sh`
-2. `export MONERO_CPP=path/to/monero-cpp`
-3. `cd $MONERO_CPP/external/monero-project`
-4. Install [monero-project dependencies](https://github.com/monero-project/monero#dependencies) for your system. For example, on Ubuntu:<br>
+2. Install [monero-project dependencies](https://github.com/monero-project/monero#dependencies) for your system. For example, on Ubuntu:<br>
     1. `sudo apt update && sudo apt install build-essential cmake pkg-config libssl-dev libzmq3-dev libsodium-dev libunwind8-dev liblzma-dev libreadline6-dev libpgm-dev qttools5-dev-tools libhidapi-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libudev-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-locale-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-serialization-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev python3 ccache`
     2. Install expat (dependency of unbound):
 
         ```
+        cd ~
         wget https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_2_4_8/expat-2.4.8.tar.bz2
         tar -xf expat-2.4.8.tar.bz2
         rm expat-2.4.8.tar.bz2
         cd expat-2.4.8
         ./configure --enable-static --disable-shared
         make
-        make install
+        sudo make install
         cd ../
         ```
     3. Install unbound:
-    
+
         ```
-        wget https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/unbound-1.16.1.tar.gz
-        tar -xzf unbound-1.16.1.tar.gz
-        rm unbound-1.16.1.tar.gz
-        cd unbound-1.16.1
-        ./configure --disable-shared --enable-static --without-pyunbound --with-libevent=no --without-pythonmodule --disable-flto --with-pthreads --with-libunbound-only --with-pic
+        cd ~
+        wget https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/unbound-1.17.0.tar.gz
+        tar xzf unbound-1.17.0.tar.gz
+        sudo apt update
+        sudo apt install -y build-essential
+        sudo apt install -y libssl-dev
+        sudo apt install -y libexpat1-dev
+        sudo apt-get install -y bison
+        sudo apt-get install -y flex
+        cd unbound-1.17.0
+        ./configure --with-libexpat=/usr --with-ssl=/usr
         make
+        sudo make install
         cd ../
         ```
+3. `export MONERO_CPP=path/to/monero-cpp`
+4. `cd $MONERO_CPP/external/monero-project`
 5. Build monero-project to create .a libraries, e.g.: `make release-static -j8`
 6. Link to this library's source files in your application or build as a shared library in ./build/: `cd $MONERO_CPP && ./bin/build_libmonero_cpp.sh`
 
diff --git a/external/monero-project b/external/monero-project
index 727bc5b..991af41 160000
--- a/external/monero-project
+++ b/external/monero-project
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 727bc5b6878170332bf2d838f2c60d1c8dc685c8
+Subproject commit 991af41ba3015419405c6c70e0e93cc25ac5aadd