-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses, vim-runtime"
-
-# Vim 7.4 patches described at ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.4/README
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=7.4.865
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor"
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses, vim-runtime, python"
+# vim should only be updated every 50 releases on multiples of 50.
+# Update both vim and vim-python to the same version in one PR.
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=8.0.1750
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=b28981dcba775fd28ef01516b8bb35dd880f9db3b530a6ec620d45a61af40e31