diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libedit b/config/rootfiles/common/libedit
index 2a1b8f534..a27458f0e 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/libedit
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libedit
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #usr/lib/libedit.la
 #usr/lib/libedit.so
 usr/lib/libedit.so.0
-usr/lib/libedit.so.0.0.66
+usr/lib/libedit.so.0.0.68
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libedit.pc
 #usr/share/man/man3/editline.3
 #usr/share/man/man3/el_deletestr.3
diff --git a/lfs/libedit b/lfs/libedit
index c28d07188..3e58896ad 100644
--- a/lfs/libedit
+++ b/lfs/libedit
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 20210522-3.1
+VER        = 20210910-3.1
 
 THISAPP    = libedit-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 6ad9e9208daf031adf1ebc64441769e0
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 648946c97eb92daed5ca0d08bbd5e6a2
 
 install : $(TARGET)