diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
index abe16b4f12..f296a00f39 100644
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
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 PKG_NAME="ncurses"
-PKG_VERSION="6.0-20171007"
-PKG_SHA256="d74ce1f651824b6254a6d913d312e4ab32874812bb066288ef87b0b0482c4db5"
+PKG_VERSION="6.1-20180203"
+PKG_SHA256="fac9db9460f271ee632af386a5b502d43a25d7cf14138e3d3166d4bedc4f6cb0"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/"