diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 5e05810f5..93e3ef618 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2011-04-18</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to Ncurses-5.9. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2853">#2853</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Upgrade to MPFR-3.0.1. Fixes
           <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2852">#2852</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index d59a72587..3010579c0 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -386,10 +386,10 @@
 <!ENTITY mpfr-ch6-du "27.1 MB">
 <!ENTITY mpfr-ch6-sbu "1.1 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY ncurses-version "5.8">
-<!ENTITY ncurses-size "2,767 KB">
+<!ENTITY ncurses-version "5.9">
+<!ENTITY ncurses-size "2,760 KB">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-url "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-&ncurses-version;.tar.gz">
-<!ENTITY ncurses-md5 "20ed3fa7599937f0ca268d9088837a64">
+<!ENTITY ncurses-md5 "8cb9c412e5f2d96bc6f459aa8c6282a1">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-home "http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-ch5-du "30 MB">
 <!ENTITY ncurses-ch5-sbu "0.7 SBU">