diff --git a/package/libedit/libedit.hash b/package/libedit/libedit.hash
index e8136df9c4..3a5cdbac95 100644
--- a/package/libedit/libedit.hash
+++ b/package/libedit/libedit.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256 91f2d90fbd2a048ff6dad7131d9a39e690fd8a8fd982a353f1333dd4017dd4be libedit-20170329-3.1.tar.gz
+sha256 c41bea8fd140fb57ba67a98ec1d8ae0b8ffa82f4aba9c35a87e5a9499e653116 libedit-20180525-3.1.tar.gz
 sha256 9da6c9c74987a36c84302982799d17d2f748ba1c1c0c471425716173c1d07649 COPYING
diff --git a/package/libedit/libedit.mk b/package/libedit/libedit.mk
index bbdc871b35..a4b32e05eb 100644
--- a/package/libedit/libedit.mk
+++ b/package/libedit/libedit.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBEDIT_VERSION = 20170329-3.1
+LIBEDIT_VERSION = 20180525-3.1
 LIBEDIT_SITE = http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline
 LIBEDIT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBEDIT_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses