diff --git a/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm b/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
index 1999d27540..0769dacc86 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ (define-module (gnu packages text-editors)
 (define-public ed
   (package
     (name "ed")
-    (version "1.19")
+    (version "1.18")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/ed/ed-"
                                  version ".tar.lz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0j6dfznfhll4afvrr714nrz0pp5zkcyvkb4xs2bam42789f2wbyf"))))
+               "0krb8rsb0cd8mgz0c5pqgnjbbrj7zjl7mf9099r8gi80k2nyza5c"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs (list lzip))
     (arguments