-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=7.4.871
+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=8.0.1450
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=9d5294c592784213e6ac653cf228702ce59905b26e58cf4a01993d6264e1e774