diff --git a/package/ed/ed.hash b/package/ed/ed.hash
index 90d467d1f3..36f9b9c1e4 100644
--- a/package/ed/ed.hash
+++ b/package/ed/ed.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2021-01/msg00000.html
-sha256  71de39883c25b6fab44add80635382a10c9bf154515b94729f4a6529ddcc5e54  ed-1.17.tar.lz
+# From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2022-02/msg00000.html
+sha256  aca8efad9800c587724a20b97aa8fc47e6b5a47df81606feaba831b074462b4f  ed-1.18.tar.lz
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  f03a12bef9dfb7281864a0dd965166d4f4ec7a66633df2bc72fa4363e57de02c  COPYING
+sha256  3d77c1a58fbde5ddba612d1fe09965e20a3804953eca12e8c1892298bb8a5eef  COPYING
diff --git a/package/ed/ed.mk b/package/ed/ed.mk
index 975cf3be10..645cfb7696 100644
--- a/package/ed/ed.mk
+++ b/package/ed/ed.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-ED_VERSION = 1.17
+ED_VERSION = 1.18
 ED_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/ed
 ED_SOURCE = ed-$(ED_VERSION).tar.lz
-ED_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
+ED_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 ED_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 ED_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnu