diff --git a/disable-null-ptr-argument.patch b/disable-null-ptr-argument.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 23b4b47..0000000
--- a/disable-null-ptr-argument.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/gnulib-tests/test-canonicalize-lgpl.c b/gnulib-tests/test-canonicalize-lgpl.c
-index 4cec490..c91aa1f 100644
---- a/gnulib-tests/test-canonicalize-lgpl.c
-+++ b/gnulib-tests/test-canonicalize-lgpl.c
-@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ main (void)
-     ASSERT (result == NULL);
-     ASSERT (errno == ENOENT);
-     errno = 0;
--    result = canonicalize_file_name (null_ptr ());
--    ASSERT (result == NULL);
--    ASSERT (errno == EINVAL);
-   }
- 
-   /* Check that a non-directory with trailing slash yields NULL.  */
diff --git a/sed-4.7.tar.xz b/sed-4.7.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index cf4df0f..0000000
--- a/sed-4.7.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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deleted file mode 100644
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d989742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sed-4.8.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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+size 1348048
diff --git a/sed-4.8.tar.xz.sig b/sed-4.8.tar.xz.sig
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/sed-4.8.tar.xz.sig
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diff --git a/sed.changes b/sed.changes
index 280901c..b85f018 100644
--- a/sed.changes
+++ b/sed.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan 19 09:27:45 UTC 2020 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
+
+- GNU sed 4.8:
+  * "sed -i" now creates temporary files with correct umask
+   (limited to u=rwx), to avoid prolems with fuse-like file systems
+  * improved DFA performance through gnulib update
+- drop disable-null-ptr-argument.patch, upstream
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 20 09:09:47 UTC 2019 - Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
 
diff --git a/sed.spec b/sed.spec
index 506aac0..87dfdce 100644
--- a/sed.spec
+++ b/sed.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package sed
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           sed
-Version:        4.7
+Version:        4.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A Stream-Oriented Non-Interactive Text Editor
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Source1:        https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz.sig
 Source2:        %{name}.keyring
 # PATCH-FIX-SLE sed-dont_close_twice.patch bnc@880817 tcech@suse.cz -- Fix double close.
 Patch0:         sed-dont_close_twice.patch
-Patch1:         disable-null-ptr-argument.patch
 BuildRequires:  libacl-devel
 BuildRequires:  libselinux-devel
 Requires(post): %{install_info_prereq}
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ occurrences of a string within a file.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
-%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 %define warn_flags -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wformat-security
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ export LDFLAGS="-pie"
   --without-included-regex
 %if 0%{?do_profiling}
   make %{?_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="$CFLAGS %{cflags_profile_generate}" V=1
-  make CFLAGS="$CFLAGS %{cflags_profile_generate}" check
+  make %{?_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="$CFLAGS %{cflags_profile_generate}" check
   make %{?_smp_mflags} clean
   make %{?_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="$CFLAGS %{cflags_profile_feedback}" V=1
 %else