diff --git a/recipes/wip/x11/xterm/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/x11/xterm/recipe.toml
index 81f46a81b..f0bc4c612 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/x11/xterm/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/x11/xterm/recipe.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "libxpm",
     "libxrender",
     "libxt",
-    "ncurses",
+    "ncursesw",
     "pcre2",
     "x11proto",
     "zlib",