diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
index 6e15dca01f33..d3b230e31219 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ let
   cxx = stdenv.system != "i386-sunos";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
-  name = "ncurses-5.7";
+  name = "ncurses-5.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/ncurses/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1x4q6kma6zgg438llbgiac3kik7j2lln9v97jdffv3fyqyjxx6qa";
+    sha256 = "0fsn7xis81za62afan0vvm38bvgzg5wfmv1m86flqcj0nj7jjilh";
   };
 
   crossAttrs = {