diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix
index a99a09a0fe69..6d12ed6ef1bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , pandoc
 , libunistring
 , ncurses
+, zlib
 , ffmpeg
 , readline
 , fetchFromGitHub
@@ -13,20 +14,20 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "notcurses";
-  version = "2.3.8";
+  version = "2.4.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dankamongmen";
     repo = "notcurses";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-CTMFXTmOnBUCm0KdVNBoDT08arr01XTHdELFiTayk3E=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Oyjdmmb+rqPgkwVJw3y4NKGPABmCZFyGFBzBJn6IEHk=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config pandoc ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ libunistring ncurses readline ]
+  buildInputs = [ libunistring ncurses readline zlib ]
     ++ lib.optional multimediaSupport ffmpeg;
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DUSE_QRCODEGEN=OFF" ]