diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/meta b/packages/devel/ncurses/meta
index e96756f362..a563bfb2a8 100644
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/ncurses/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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 PKG_NAME="ncurses"
-PKG_VERSION="5.7"
+PKG_VERSION="5.8"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"