diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index b8667cdc3..d1b51e510 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2007-01-31</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Ncurses-5.6. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1940">#1940</ulink></para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Linux-2.6.19.2. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;1928">#1928</ulink></para>
diff --git a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
index 56b6fc083..464e7aa45 100644
--- a/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/chapter01/whatsnew.xml
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Module-Init-Tools &module-init-tools-version;</para>
     </listitem-->
-    <!--<listitem>
+    <listitem>
       <para>Ncurses &ncurses-version;</para>
-    </listitem>-->
+    </listitem>
     <!--<listitem>
       <para>Patch &patch-version;</para>
     </listitem>-->
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>Linux-libc-headers 2.6.12.0</para>
     </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+      <para>ncurses-5.5-fixes-1.patch</para>
+    </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>readline-5.1-fixes-3.patch</para>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 96c9ec780..e9831b1b7 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -162,14 +162,6 @@
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
-    <varlistentry>
-      <term>Ncurses Fixes Patch - <token>&ncurses-fixes-patch-size;</token>:</term>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Download: <ulink url="&patches-root;&ncurses-fixes-patch;"/></para>
-        <para>MD5 sum: <literal>&ncurses-fixes-patch-md5;</literal></para>
-      </listitem>
-    </varlistentry>
-
     <varlistentry>
       <term>Perl Libc Patch - <token>&perl-libc-patch-size;</token>:</term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses.xml b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
index b53464fb9..ae9235fbd 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@
 <screen><userinput>bzcat ../&ncurses-rollup-patch; | patch -Np1</userinput></screen>
     -->
 
-    <para>Since the release of Ncurses-&ncurses-version;, a memory leak and some
-    display bugs were found and fixed upstream. Apply those fixes:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&ncurses-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Prepare Ncurses for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-shared --without-debug --enable-widec</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index ccfa40fe2..b48a927e2 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -365,11 +365,11 @@
 <!ENTITY module-init-tools-ch6-du "7 MB">
 <!ENTITY module-init-tools-ch6-sbu "less than 0.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY ncurses-version "5.5">
+<!ENTITY ncurses-version "5.6">
 <!-- <!ENTITY ncurses-date "20050319"> -->
-<!ENTITY ncurses-size "2,260 KB">
+<!ENTITY ncurses-size "2,346 KB">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-url "ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-&ncurses-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY ncurses-md5 "e73c1ac10b4bfc46db43b2ddfd6244ef">
+<!ENTITY ncurses-md5 "b6593abe1089d6aab1551c105c9300e3">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-home "http://dickey.his.com/ncurses/">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-ch5-du "30 MB">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-ch5-sbu "0.7 SBU">
diff --git a/patches.ent b/patches.ent
index 1f02c29a1..acd1cfe8f 100644
--- a/patches.ent
+++ b/patches.ent
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@
 <!ENTITY module-init-modprobe-patch-md5 "f1e452fdf3b8d7ef60148125e390c3e8">
 <!ENTITY module-init-modprobe-patch-size "1.2 KB">
 
-<!ENTITY ncurses-fixes-patch "ncurses-&ncurses-version;-fixes-1.patch">
-<!ENTITY ncurses-fixes-patch-md5 "0e033185008f21578c6e4c7249f92cbb">
-<!ENTITY ncurses-fixes-patch-size "8.2 KB">
-
 <!ENTITY perl-libc-patch "perl-&perl-version;-libc-2.patch">
 <!ENTITY perl-libc-patch-md5 "3bf8aef1fb6eb6110405e699e4141f99">
 <!ENTITY perl-libc-patch-size "1.1 KB">