diff --git a/utils/sed/Makefile b/utils/sed/Makefile
index d7e1461ee7..ed7ba173d8 100644
--- a/utils/sed/Makefile
+++ b/utils/sed/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=sed
-PKG_VERSION:=4.8
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=4.9
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/sed
-PKG_HASH:=f79b0cfea71b37a8eeec8490db6c5f7ae7719c35587f21edb0617f370eeff633
+PKG_HASH:=6e226b732e1cd739464ad6862bd1a1aba42d7982922da7a53519631d24975181
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Russell Senior <russell@personaltelco.net>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later