diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix
index 07ef398e6f8a..444cc5034e67 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/notcurses/default.nix
@@ -1,51 +1,63 @@
-{ stdenv
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake
-, pkg-config
-, pandoc
+, libdeflate
 , libunistring
 , ncurses
+, pandoc
+, pkg-config
 , zlib
-, ffmpeg
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, lib
-, multimediaSupport ? true
+, multimediaSupport ? true, ffmpeg
+, qrcodegenSupport ? true, qrcodegen
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "notcurses";
-  version = "2.4.9";
+  version = "3.0.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dankamongmen";
     repo = "notcurses";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-J7yTNMvmcm69B+yF0PYLXFG8kkcnffWyUx3kEFU0ToI=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-jIUIr7roX9ciYkNmvS9m14RdNgFTElwrKadYzi0lCP0=";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config pandoc ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pandoc
+    pkg-config
+  ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ libunistring ncurses zlib ]
-    ++ lib.optional multimediaSupport ffmpeg;
+  buildInputs = [
+    libdeflate
+    libunistring
+    ncurses
+    zlib
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optional qrcodegenSupport qrcodegen
+  ++ lib.optional multimediaSupport ffmpeg;
 
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DUSE_QRCODEGEN=OFF" ]
+  cmakeFlags =
+    lib.optional (qrcodegenSupport) "-DUSE_QRCODEGEN=ON"
     ++ lib.optional (!multimediaSupport) "-DUSE_MULTIMEDIA=none";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "blingful TUIs and character graphics";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses";
+    description = "Blingful TUIs and character graphics";
     longDescription = ''
-      A library facilitating complex TUIs on modern terminal emulators,
-      supporting vivid colors, multimedia, and Unicode to the maximum degree
-      possible. Things can be done with Notcurses that simply can't be done
-      with NCURSES.
+      Notcurses is a library facilitating complex TUIs on modern terminal
+      emulators, supporting vivid colors, multimedia, and Unicode to the maximum
+      degree possible. Things can be done with Notcurses that simply can't be
+      done with NCURSES.
 
       It is not a source-compatible X/Open Curses implementation, nor a
       replacement for NCURSES on existing systems.
     '';
-    homepage = "https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses";
     license = licenses.asl20;
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jb55 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jb55 AndersonTorres ];
+    inherit (ncurses.meta) platforms;
   };
 }