How to use tabs with `rlwrap ed`?

On my macOS and Linux systems, I run ed with alias ed='rlwrap ed'. On macOS with rlwrap 0.46.1 (2022) I can freely create files with tabs like:

$ ed
a
foobar

but on my Linux systems with rlwrap 0.43 (2016) I can't use tabs unless I escape like this:

$ ed
a
foobar

I know I should get around to upgrading my Linux servers; but rlwrap is currently at the latest according to apt. Is there some rlwrap option that will give me back my tabs? I tried searching through the rlwrap manpage for "tab"; but didn't find anything.