diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e85009f..6577396 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ unicode-width = "0.1"
 [dependencies.ncurses]
 features = ["wide"]
 optional = true
-version = "5.82.0"
+version = "5.83.0"
 
 [dependencies.termion]
 optional = true
diff --git a/src/backend/curses.rs b/src/backend/curses.rs
index b240364..43d39cb 100644
--- a/src/backend/curses.rs
+++ b/src/backend/curses.rs
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ impl backend::Backend for NcursesBackend {
         ::std::env::set_var("ESCDELAY", "25");
         ncurses::setlocale(ncurses::LcCategory::all, "");
         ncurses::initscr();
-        ncurses::keypad(unsafe { ncurses::stdscr }, true);
+        ncurses::keypad(unsafe { ncurses::stdscr() }, true);
         ncurses::noecho();
         ncurses::cbreak();
         ncurses::start_color();
         ncurses::curs_set(ncurses::CURSOR_VISIBILITY::CURSOR_INVISIBLE);
-        ncurses::wbkgd(unsafe { ncurses::stdscr },
+        ncurses::wbkgd(unsafe { ncurses::stdscr() },
                        ncurses::COLOR_PAIR(ColorStyle::Background.id()));
 
         NcursesBackend
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl backend::Backend for NcursesBackend {
     fn screen_size(&self) -> (usize, usize) {
         let mut x: i32 = 0;
         let mut y: i32 = 0;
-        ncurses::getmaxyx(unsafe { ncurses::stdscr }, &mut y, &mut x);
+        ncurses::getmaxyx(unsafe { ncurses::stdscr() }, &mut y, &mut x);
         (x as usize, y as usize)
     }