diff --git a/srcpkgs/ncmpc/template b/srcpkgs/ncmpc/template
index 2921953c42e..dd03a3f9ea0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ncmpc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ncmpc/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'ncmpc'
 pkgname=ncmpc
-version=0.49
+version=0.52
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dlirc=disabled -Dhtml_manual=false
  -Dlyrics_screen=true -Dlyrics_plugin_dir=/usr/libexec/ncmpc/lyrics"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-Sphinx gettext"
-makedepends="libmpdclient-devel ncurses-devel pcre2-devel"
+makedepends="libmpdclient-devel ncurses-devel pcre2-devel fmt-devel"
 depends="python3-html5lib python3-requests python3-BeautifulSoup4"
 short_desc="Ncurses-based mpd client"
 maintainer="ologantr <mrphyber@protonmail.com>"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.musicpd.org/clients/ncmpc/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/ncmpc/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://www.musicpd.org/download/ncmpc/0/ncmpc-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=65bbec0ede9e6bcf62ac647b0c706485beb2bdd5db70ca8d60103f32f162cf29
+checksum=3af225496fe363a8534a9780fb46ae1bd17baefd80cf4ba7430a19cddd73eb1a
 
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/examples/ncmpc