diff --git a/srcpkgs/sed/template b/srcpkgs/sed/template
index 10d30614c34..732c27f5f5e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sed/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'sed'
 pkgname=sed
-version=4.7
+version=4.8
 revision=1
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/sed"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=2885768cd0a29ff8d58a6280a270ff161f6a3deb5690b2be6c49f46d4c67bd6a
+checksum=f79b0cfea71b37a8eeec8490db6c5f7ae7719c35587f21edb0617f370eeff633
 
 post_extract() {
 	# dont regenerate the man page with help2man...