diff --git a/srcpkgs/nnn/template b/srcpkgs/nnn/template
index fd4fba3630c..57eca233a60 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nnn/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nnn/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=2.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="readline-devel"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel"
 short_desc="The missing terminal file browser for X"
 maintainer="Dennis Kraus <kraus@posteo.de>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"