diff --git a/mingw-w64-ncurses/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-ncurses/PKGBUILD
index 127742d726..b01009dc3a 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-ncurses/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-ncurses/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 _realname=ncurses
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
-_base_ver=5.9
-_date_rev=20150321
+_base_ver=6.0
+_date_rev=20150613
 pkgver=${_base_ver}.${_date_rev}
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ license=('MIT')
 options=('staticlibs' 'strip')
 source=("${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"::http://invisible-island.net/datafiles/current/${_realname}.tar.gz
         001-use-libsystre.patch)
-md5sums=('9b017587092b9ef673e5ea72108791a1'
+md5sums=('0c6a0389d004c78f4a995bc61884a563'
          'b669861903d0699b6535b7c6e028880d')
 
 prepare() {
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ prepare() {
 }
 
 build() {
+  [[ -d build-${MINGW_CHOST} ]] && rm -rf build-${MINGW_CHOST}
   mkdir -p build-${MINGW_CHOST}
   cd build-${MINGW_CHOST}