diff --git a/Ports/AvailablePorts.md b/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
index 019592e1320..5540d7be5ea 100644
--- a/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
+++ b/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Please make sure to keep this list up to date when adding and updating ports. :^
 | [`SDL2_mixer`](SDL2_mixer/)            | SDL2\_mixer (audio mixer add-on for SDL2)                       | 2.0.4                    | https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/                                     |
 | [`SDL2_net`](SDL2_net/)                | SDL2\_net (network add-on for SDL2)                             | 2.0.1                    | https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_net/                                       |
 | [`SDL2_ttf`](SDL2_ttf/)                | SDL2\_ttf (TrueType Font add-on for SDL2)                       | 2.0.15                   | https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/                                       |
-| [`sed`](sed/)                          | GNU sed                                                         | 4.2.1                    | https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/                                              |
+| [`sed`](sed/)                          | GNU sed                                                         | 4.8                      | https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/                                              |
 | [`sfinx`](sfinx/)                      | Sfinx                                                           | 1.1                      | https://www.scummvm.org/games/#games-sfinx                                     |
 | [`sl`](sl/)                            | Steam Locomotive (SL)                                           |                          | https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl                                                  |
 | [`soltys`](soltys/)                    | Soltys                                                          | 1.0                      | https://www.scummvm.org/games/#games-soltys                                    |
diff --git a/Ports/sed/package.sh b/Ports/sed/package.sh
index d72439cdd04..2214b335d08 100755
--- a/Ports/sed/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/sed/package.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S bash ../.port_include.sh
 port=sed
-version=4.2.1
+version=4.8
 useconfigure="true"
 use_fresh_config_sub="true"
 config_sub_path=build-aux/config.sub
-files="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/sed/sed-${version}.tar.bz2 sed-${version}.tar.bz2
-https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/sed/sed-${version}.tar.bz2.sig sed-${version}.tar.bz2.sig
+files="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/sed/sed-${version}.tar.gz sed-${version}.tar.gz
+https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/sed/sed-${version}.tar.gz.sig sed-${version}.tar.gz.sig
 https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-keyring.gpg gnu-keyring.gpg"
 auth_type="sig"
-auth_opts=("--keyring" "./gnu-keyring.gpg" "sed-${version}.tar.bz2.sig")
+auth_opts=("--keyring" "./gnu-keyring.gpg" "sed-${version}.tar.gz.sig")