diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/newt b/config/rootfiles/common/newt
index b3d9a581b..21eff0bc9 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/newt
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/newt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ usr/bin/whiptail
 #usr/lib/libnewt.a
 #usr/lib/libnewt.so
 usr/lib/libnewt.so.0.52
-usr/lib/libnewt.so.0.52.23
+usr/lib/libnewt.so.0.52.24
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libnewt.pc
 #usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/_snack.so
 #usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/snack.py
@@ -88,3 +88,4 @@ usr/lib/libnewt.so.0.52.23
 #usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/newt.mo
 #usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/newt.mo
 #usr/share/man/man1/whiptail.1
+
diff --git a/lfs/newt b/lfs/newt
index fa2254d2e..156a0df4c 100644
--- a/lfs/newt
+++ b/lfs/newt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2023  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2024  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 0.52.23
+VER        = 0.52.24
 
 THISAPP    = newt-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 55046155d02a406ac618f9c1a1f668e6794b6875e4d9083e3d5da32fe008df3deb79eddadfce40c193346b7a705b8c5c18e7bb7076e8ea8729f35384fa944a97
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 4ab5b343d1cc72855ee330d4a7f03a0dd5b090748410b64844277a7d9464f9166459ac6d943d07e844b22b7187ed851473840739dde8991e3b4b2dae97e6dcf4
 
 install : $(TARGET)