diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index b74b3f27dab..6373f1ddee7 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2844,7 +2844,7 @@ libbrotlicommon.so.1.0.1 brotli-1.0.1_1
 libbrotlidec.so.1.0.1 brotli-1.0.1_1
 libbrotlienc.so.1.0.1 brotli-1.0.1_1
 libfilteraudio.so filter_audio-0.0.1_1
-libarmadillo.so.7 armadillo-7.800.2_1
+libarmadillo.so.8 armadillo-8.300.0_1
 libgstreamermm-1.0.so.1 gstreamermm-1.8.0_1
 libmovit.so.7 movit-1.5.3_1
 libduktape.so.202 duktape-2.2.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/armadillo/template b/srcpkgs/armadillo/template
index 5a5c3351fab..4537fa93a01 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/armadillo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/armadillo/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'armadillo'
 pkgname=armadillo
-version=7.960.0
+version=8.300.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config openblas-devel"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Julien Dehos <dehos@lisic.univ-littoral.fr>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="http://arma.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/arma/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=8ea919c4312ec43d454f61fdd0e34282f94739eb51adc78d21176717143cfd32
+checksum=854550007672958d15f3951ae13aac6934b3016234f392d26f168a55b363dc3c
 
 # automatically link to openblas (so you just have to compile with
 # "-larmadillo" instead of "-larmadillo -lopenblas")