diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
index 80ac4ada6..af3993a71 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.txt
+++ b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ Alnoman Kamil - noman [at] kamil [dot] gr - https://kamil.gr
 Leonardo Taccari - iamleot [at] gmail [dot] com
 Jorenar - dev [at] jorenar [dot] com - https://jorenar.com
 John Wassilak - john [at] wassilak [dot] com
+Aleksei Stepanov - penguinolog [at] gmail [dot] com
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index bed684aa9..559fc1e48 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ may want to subscribe to `GitHub's tag feed
 unreleased
 * FIX ``khal import --format``/``-f`` was accepted and then ignored, always
   falling back to ``view.event_format``
+* FIX ikhal compatibility with urwid 5.0, which removed ``Columns.focus_col``,
+  ``Columns.set_focus_column()``, ``Pile.set_focus()``, ``Frame.set_body()`` and
+  ``AttrWrap.w``
 
 0.14.1
 ======
diff --git a/khal/ui/__init__.py b/khal/ui/__init__.py
index 39594dcd1..ebe1b58f5 100644
--- a/khal/ui/__init__.py
+++ b/khal/ui/__init__.py
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ def _search(self, search_term: str) -> None:
             title=f'Search results for "{search_term}" (Esc for backtrack)',
         )
         pane._conf = self._conf
-        columns.set_focus_column(1)
+        columns.focus_position = 1
         self.window.open(pane)
 
     def render(self, size, focus=False):
diff --git a/khal/ui/base.py b/khal/ui/base.py
index 602ec0a25..2e3e75928 100644
--- a/khal/ui/base.py
+++ b/khal/ui/base.py
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ def __init__(self, footer="", quit_keys=None) -> None:
         quit_keys = quit_keys or ["q"]
         self._track: list[urwid.Overlay] = []
 
-        header = urwid.AttrWrap(urwid.Text(""), "header")
-        footer = urwid.AttrWrap(urwid.Text(footer), "footer")
+        header = urwid.AttrMap(urwid.Text(""), "header")
+        footer = urwid.AttrMap(urwid.Text(footer), "footer")
         urwid.Frame.__init__(
             self,
             urwid.Text(""),
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def on_key_press(self, key):
         return key
 
     def _update(self, pane):
-        self.set_body(pane)
+        self.body = pane
         self.clear_header()
 
     def log(self, record: str):
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ def clear_header(self):
         """clears header if we are not currently showing a warning"""
         if not self._header_is_warning:
             pane_title = getattr(self._get_current_pane(), "title", "")
-            self.header.w.set_text(pane_title)
+            self.header.original_widget.set_text(pane_title)
 
     def update_header(self, alert=None, warn=False):
         """Update the Windows header line.
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def update_header(self, alert=None, warn=False):
                 text.append(part)
                 text.append(("black", " | "))
 
-        self.header.w.set_text(text[:-1] or "")
+        self.header.original_widget.set_text(text[:-1] or "")
 
 
 class AlertDaemon(threading.Thread):
diff --git a/khal/ui/calendarwidget.py b/khal/ui/calendarwidget.py
index 0cc7ed2ba..a305faf81 100644
--- a/khal/ui/calendarwidget.py
+++ b/khal/ui/calendarwidget.py
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ def toggle(row: int, column: int) -> None:
                     else:
                         self._unmark_one(row, col)
 
-            toggle(self.focus_position, self.focus.focus_col)
-        self._pos_old = self.focus_position, self.focus.focus_col
+            toggle(self.focus_position, self.focus.focus_position)
+        self._pos_old = self.focus_position, self.focus.focus_position
 
     def _unmark_all(self) -> None:
         """remove attribute *mark* from all dates"""
@@ -346,15 +346,15 @@ def keypress(self, size: bool, key: str) -> str | None:
         if key in self.keybindings["mark"]:
             self._marked = {
                 "date": self.body.focus_date,
-                "pos": (self.focus_position, self.focus.focus_col),
+                "pos": (self.focus_position, self.focus.focus_position),
             }
         if self._marked and key in self.keybindings["other"]:
             row, col = self._marked["pos"]
             self._marked = {
                 "date": self.body.focus_date,
-                "pos": (self.focus_position, self.focus.focus_col),
+                "pos": (self.focus_position, self.focus.focus_position),
             }
-            self.focus.focus_col = col
+            self.focus.focus_position = col
             self.focus_position = row
         if key in self.on_press:
             if self._marked:
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ def reset_styles_range(self, min_date: dt.date, max_date: dt.date) -> None:
         """reset styles for all (displayed) dates between min_date and max_date"""
         minr, _minc = self.get_date_pos(max(min_date, self.earliest_date))
         maxr, _maxc = self.get_date_pos(min(max_date, self.latest_date))
-        focus_pos = self.focus, self[self.focus].focus_col
+        focus_pos = self.focus, self[self.focus].focus_position
 
         for row in range(minr, maxr + 1):
             for column in range(1, 8):
diff --git a/khal/ui/editor.py b/khal/ui/editor.py
index fbe47a94a..6ab2e84a5 100644
--- a/khal/ui/editor.py
+++ b/khal/ui/editor.py
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ def rebuild(self):
             self._rebuild_no_edit()
         elif self.repeat:
             self._rebuild_edit()
-            self._pile.set_focus(old_focus_y)
+            self._pile.focus_position = old_focus_y
         else:
             self._rebuild_edit_no_repeat()
 
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ def _allow_edit(_):
             urwid.Button("Edit anyway", on_press=_allow_edit),
         ]
         self._refill_contents(lines)
-        self._pile.set_focus(2)
+        self._pile.focus_position = 2
 
     def _rebuild_edit_no_repeat(self):
         lines = [NColumns([(13, self.repeat_box)])]