diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index c8604f88f4..6622f3b191 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -217,14 +217,14 @@ many readers as needed).")
 (define-public guile-ncurses
   (package
     (name "guile-ncurses")
-    (version "1.3")
+    (version "1.4")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/guile-ncurses/guile-ncurses-"
                                  version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0chvfjrlmg99db98ra9vzwjmbypqx7d4ssm8q0kvzi0n0p9irszi"))))
+               "070wl664lsm14hb6y9ch97x9q6cns4k6nxgdzbdzi5byixn74899"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)
               ("guile" ,guile-2.0)))