-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=8.0.1650
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=1802f79c224e0a2a7b8cb9b516b0daabc916357263dc87c490eee6e1491b5472