diff --git a/srcpkgs/armadillo/template b/srcpkgs/armadillo/template
index 72e5f7e1c4a..0dcaf72606e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/armadillo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/armadillo/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'armadillo'
 pkgname=armadillo
-version=8.400.0
-revision=2
+version=8.500.1
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config openblas-devel"
 makedepends="openblas-devel superlu-devel"
 short_desc="C++ linear algebra library"
 maintainer="Julien Dehos <dehos@lisic.univ-littoral.fr>"
-license="BSD"
+license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="http://arma.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/arma/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=5cb6bc2f457a9d6a0758cfb15c418d48289909daccd79d0e428452029285dd9b
+checksum=ace40efbe2df4b418ec713c71bbd20cedfa92a55015f810639319dec477aa12e
 
 # automatically link to openblas (so you just have to compile with
 # "-larmadillo" instead of "-larmadillo -lopenblas")