diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index 63e8a45902..8692bc5455 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # USA
 
 # TARGETS
-NCURSES_VER:=5.5
+NCURSES_VER:=5.6
 NCURSES_SITE:=http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses
 NCURSES_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/ncurses-$(NCURSES_VER)
 NCURSES_SOURCE:=ncurses-$(NCURSES_VER).tar.gz