diff --git a/vim.changes b/vim.changes
index d89132d..0355be2 100644
--- a/vim.changes
+++ b/vim.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 17 10:34:34 UTC 2021 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
+
+- Changed used terminal description in %check scriptlet from "linux"
+  to "xterm" as the former does not map <S-Tab> to <ESC>[Z
+  found by a fix in terminfo database of ncurses 6.2 patch 20210904
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep  8 08:59:35 UTC 2021 - Ondřej Súkup <mimi.vx@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index c681083..e0d0659 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ sed -i "s@%{_bindir}/env perl@%{_bindir}/perl@" %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/vim/%{VI
 # inside OBS, stdio is redirected to a serial console (where the build log
 # is being recorded/extracted. Systemd set non-local tty by default to vt220
 # in upcoming versions
-export TERM=linux
+export TERM=xterm
 # Reset the terminal scrolling region left behind by the testsuite
 trap "printf '\e[r'" EXIT
 # Look for "TEST FAILURE" in the build log