diff --git a/package/armadillo/armadillo.hash b/package/armadillo/armadillo.hash
index 0046c568b3..4149a777de 100644
--- a/package/armadillo/armadillo.hash
+++ b/package/armadillo/armadillo.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+# From http://sourceforge.net/projects/arma/files/?source=navbar
+md5	a39f27197d24b3d25437fab6bb1d118f		armadillo-6.500.4.tar.gz
+sha1	68166e67521a720c72917d196b0807bc6cab8b2e	armadillo-6.500.4.tar.gz
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  63150f12bf7c7c598ea55b7271d99fce349ff386a3dc2cae3904b244f6e35320  armadillo-5.100.2.tar.gz
+sha256	813de85fa61ba5077ed871d801ba7070d369e7e9742002e4c11474c75ff6d1c6	armadillo-6.500.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/armadillo/armadillo.mk b/package/armadillo/armadillo.mk
index 8341ff66e0..813a41bdc7 100644
--- a/package/armadillo/armadillo.mk
+++ b/package/armadillo/armadillo.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-ARMADILLO_VERSION = 5.100.2
+ARMADILLO_VERSION = 6.500.4
 ARMADILLO_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/arma
 ARMADILLO_DEPENDENCIES = clapack
 ARMADILLO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES