diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/ed/ed-1.5/ed-1.2-build.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/ed/ed-1.6/ed-1.2-build.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/recipes-extended/ed/ed-1.5/ed-1.2-build.patch
rename to meta/recipes-extended/ed/ed-1.6/ed-1.2-build.patch
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/ed/ed_1.5.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/ed/ed_1.6.bb
similarity index 59%
rename from meta/recipes-extended/ed/ed_1.5.bb
rename to meta/recipes-extended/ed/ed_1.6.bb
index d4e8a81458..cc72588f08 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/ed/ed_1.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/ed/ed_1.6.bb
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ BUGTRACKER = ""
 
 LICENSE = "GPLv3+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=f27defe1e96c2e1ecd4e0c9be8967949 \
-                    file://ed.h;endline=20;md5=238781cd8e436dabb0e9f18443400066 \
-                    file://main.c;endline=24;md5=177fe82d0649e545591a13fdce5733e8"
+                    file://ed.h;endline=20;md5=c708cda1b2e8d723d458690b7db03878 \
+                    file://main.c;endline=24;md5=1bd039d59e04ee5f82adcc970144a2c3"
 
 SECTION = "base"
-PR = "r1"
+PR = "r0"
 
 # LSB states that ed should be in /bin/
 bindir = "${base_bindir}"
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ bindir = "${base_bindir}"
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/ed/ed-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://ed-1.2-build.patch"
 
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "e66c03d7e4c67b025d5b6093ec678267"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "97dd34a49ebc9c97e414b90a087d63eafc41377a340848c97e75a9cba187fba1"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "9a78593decccaa889523aa4bb555ed4b"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "211c67b0c4aae277d34b1c5f842db1952e468e5905142868e4718ac838f08a65"
 
 do_configure() {
 	${S}/configure