diff --git a/srcpkgs/ed/template b/srcpkgs/ed/template
index bde38b4b339..2755ed9af2f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ed/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'ed'
 pkgname=ed
-version=1.7
+version=1.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="GNU Line-oriented text editor"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/ed.html"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ed/ed-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=894241019a5ff2b7816d20c5bd5a7048fb8f336ca52e97b3cc88d45b16472031
+checksum=64c138d33b1ea4b9daa88e045da0619e2a43cb99a9d378417d20163f410a7273
 long_desc="
  GNU ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display, modify
  and otherwise manipulate text files, both interactively and via shell scripts.