diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml
index cad619b78ce5f2..8668f3705a46d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         path: config.cache
         key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ inputs.config_hash }}
     - name: Install Homebrew dependencies
-      run: brew install pkg-config openssl@3.0 xz gdbm tcl-tk
+      run: brew install pkg-config openssl@3.0 xz gdbm tcl-tk ncurses
     - name: Configure CPython
       run: |
         GDBM_CFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix gdbm)/include" \