diff --git a/editors/ed/DETAILS b/editors/ed/DETAILS
index 1353f6d8f..227d7efcc 100644
--- a/editors/ed/DETAILS
+++ b/editors/ed/DETAILS
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
            MODULE=ed
-         VERSION=1.6
+         VERSION=1.7
           SOURCE=$MODULE-$VERSION.tar.gz
       SOURCE_URL=$GNU_URL/$MODULE
-     SOURCE_VFY=sha1:d5708ffdcea16da54cb6beb1f3f4a747db6a779c
+     SOURCE_VFY=sha1:c14633332ff7b339878cbef0d09aab0e7298c5c6
         WEB_SITE=http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/ed.html
          ENTERED=20010922
-         UPDATED=20120102
+         UPDATED=20121125
            SHORT="A line-oriented text editor"
 
 cat << EOF