diff --git a/gnu/packages/ncurses.scm b/gnu/packages/ncurses.scm
index 7899f19128..ae4548bb6b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ncurses.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ncurses.scm
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ (define-public ncurses/gpm
 (define-public dialog
   (package
     (name "dialog")
-    (version "1.2-20150920")
+    (version "1.3-20170509")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ (define-public dialog
                     version ".tgz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "01ccd585c241nkj02n0zdbx8jqhylgcfpcmmshynh0c7fv2ixrn4"))))
+                "0mj7rl5psilaj3bxxvjfd44qjknxjli98b0d1lxd3f9jqrsbmw9g"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:tests? #f)) ; no test suite