diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 247686c..9561e50 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-pthread")
 
 # Add the required ncurses library.
 set(CURSES_NEED_NCURSES TRUE)
+set(CURSES_MINIMUM_VERSION 6)
 find_package(Curses REQUIRED)
 link_libraries(${CURSES_LIBRARIES})
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bcc3784..8044f7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ zypper install TMatrix
 ```
 
 ### Download and install on other GNU/Linux distributions
-The prebuilt TMatrix uses **version 5** of the ncurses library.
+The prebuilt TMatrix uses **version 6** of the ncurses library.
 To install the library on Ubuntu or Debian run:
 ```shell
-sudo apt-get install libncurses5
+sudo apt-get install libncurses-dev
 ```
 Now that you have the required library you can install and run tmatrix:
 ```shell