diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ncurses/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ncurses/package.py
index 90949cdf10..4baa2652e1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ncurses/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ncurses/package.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class Ncurses(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
 
     license("X11")
 
+    version("6.5", sha256="136d91bc269a9a5785e5f9e980bc76ab57428f604ce3e5a5a90cebc767971cc6")
     version("6.4", sha256="6931283d9ac87c5073f30b6290c4c75f21632bb4fc3603ac8100812bed248159")
     version("6.3", sha256="97fc51ac2b085d4cde31ef4d2c3122c21abc217e9090a43a30fc5ec21684e059")
     version("6.2", sha256="30306e0c76e0f9f1f0de987cf1c82a5c21e1ce6568b9227f7da5b71cbea86c9d")