High spin states of 118Xe have been investigated by means of y-ray spectroscopy using the 92Mo (29Si, 2pn) at a bombarding energy of 110 MeV. Several new side bands as well as the yrast band were established.The first band crossings both in the yrast sequence and in the even-spin sequence of the y-band were observed at hωc=0.39 MeV and hωc= 0.31 MeV respectively. The y-dependent cranked shell model calculation was performed to interpret the band crossing in the y-band.