diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/ed/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/ed/default.nix
index 03488fb89a0..b9d8f45a8d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/ed/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/ed/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}: stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "ed-0.4";
+  name = "ed-0.5";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/ed/ed-0.4.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "b5c8606bb306671bbbb2bd708d937bcb";
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/ed/ed-0.5.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0gjzsdpha28q7fddwvwxa6h87x13sgg0wakq6a1diw7vw2yjpvzd";
   };
 }