diff --git a/pkg/kamailio/deb/bookworm/control b/pkg/kamailio/deb/bookworm/control
index 6b8e473adaf..8d6af8ecc23 100644
--- a/pkg/kamailio/deb/bookworm/control
+++ b/pkg/kamailio/deb/bookworm/control
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  libmono-2.0-dev [amd64 armel armhf i386 mipsel kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 ppc64 ppc64el s390x],
  libmosquitto-dev,
  libnats-dev,
- libncurses5-dev,
+ libncurses-dev,
  libpcre3-dev,
  libperl-dev,
  libphonenumber-dev (>= 7),
diff --git a/pkg/kamailio/deb/debian/backports/bookworm b/pkg/kamailio/deb/debian/backports/bookworm
index e8835b647ad..8ab9aa1ac47 100755
--- a/pkg/kamailio/deb/debian/backports/bookworm
+++ b/pkg/kamailio/deb/debian/backports/bookworm
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ sed -i -e '/--EXCLUDED--/i EXTRA_EXCLUDED_MODULES += python' ${DIST}/rules
 # no lsb-base
 sed -i -e '/lsb-base/d' ${DIST}/control
 
+# libncurses
+sed -i -e 's/libncurses5-dev/libncurses-dev/g' ${DIST}/control
+
 wrap-and-sort -sat -d ${DIST}
 
 # clean backports scripts
diff --git a/pkg/kamailio/deb/debian/backports/sid b/pkg/kamailio/deb/debian/backports/sid
index fc89f5b60b9..d40c4662637 100755
--- a/pkg/kamailio/deb/debian/backports/sid
+++ b/pkg/kamailio/deb/debian/backports/sid
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ sed -i -e '/--EXCLUDED--/i EXTRA_EXCLUDED_MODULES += python' ${DIST}/rules
 # no lsb-base
 sed -i -e '/lsb-base/d' ${DIST}/control
 
+# libncurses
+sed -i -e 's/libncurses5-dev/libncurses-dev/g' ${DIST}/control
+
 wrap-and-sort -sat -d ${DIST}
 
 # clean backports scripts
diff --git a/pkg/kamailio/deb/sid/control b/pkg/kamailio/deb/sid/control
index 6b8e473adaf..8d6af8ecc23 100644
--- a/pkg/kamailio/deb/sid/control
+++ b/pkg/kamailio/deb/sid/control
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  libmono-2.0-dev [amd64 armel armhf i386 mipsel kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 ppc64 ppc64el s390x],
  libmosquitto-dev,
  libnats-dev,
- libncurses5-dev,
+ libncurses-dev,
  libpcre3-dev,
  libperl-dev,
  libphonenumber-dev (>= 7),