diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
index d5c7325ba4..a3d2e8fad3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm
@@ -1595,14 +1595,14 @@ (define-public guile-reader
 (define-public guile-ncurses
   (package
     (name "guile-ncurses")
-    (version "2.2")
+    (version "3.0")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/guile-ncurses/guile-ncurses-"
                                  version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "1wvggbr4xv8idh1hzd8caj4xfp4pln78a7w1wqzd4zgzwmnzxr2f"))))
+               "038xbffalhymg26lvmzgf7ljilxz2f2zmqg5r5nfzbipfbprwjhf"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)
               ("guile" ,guile-2.2)))