diff --git a/packages/sysutils/sed/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/sed/package.mk
index 714a262501..16508b249e 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/sed/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/sed/package.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+# Copyright (C) 2020-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="sed"
-PKG_VERSION="4.7"
-PKG_SHA256="2885768cd0a29ff8d58a6280a270ff161f6a3deb5690b2be6c49f46d4c67bd6a"
+PKG_VERSION="4.8"
+PKG_SHA256="f79b0cfea71b37a8eeec8490db6c5f7ae7719c35587f21edb0617f370eeff633"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/sed/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"