diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 5fabd88cb1f..24e2df09f9d 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ libkworkspace5.so.5 kworkspace-5.14.5_2
 libdb-5.3.so libdb-5.3.21_1
 libdb_cxx-5.3.so libdb-cxx-5.3.21_1
 libcares.so.2 c-ares-1.10.0_1
-libcryptopp.so.8 crypto++-820_1
+libcryptopp.so.8 crypto++-8.3.0_1
 libdbusmenu-glib.so.4 libdbusmenu-glib-12.10.2_1
 libdbusmenu-gtk3.so.4 libdbusmenu-gtk3-12.10.2_1
 libGrantlee_Templates.so.5 grantlee5-5.0.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/crypto++/template b/srcpkgs/crypto++/template
index d56e7ff2c20..b524377319e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/crypto++/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/crypto++/template
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'crypto++'
 pkgname=crypto++
-version=820
-revision=2
-create_wrksrc=yes
+reverts="820_2"
+version=8.3.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname//+/p}-CRYPTOPP_${version//./_}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="PREFIX=/usr"
 make_build_target="dynamic static libcryptopp.pc"
 make_install_target="install-lib"
-hostmakedepends="unzip"
 short_desc="Free C++ class library of cryptographic schemes"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSL-1.0"
 homepage="http://www.cryptopp.com/"
-distfiles="http://www.cryptopp.com/cryptopp${version}.zip"
-checksum=03f0e2242e11b9d19b28d0ec5a3fa8ed5cc7b27640e6bed365744f593e858058
+distfiles="https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/archive/CRYPTOPP_${version//./_}.tar.gz"
+checksum=63304c6f943f435a4e385273e15abb69cff3b85a44663150bf5a6069b84abd43
 
 CXXFLAGS="-DNDEBUG -fPIC"
 
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ if [ "$XBPS_CROSS" ]; then
 	make_build_args+=" -f GNUmakefile-cross"
 fi
 
-post_extract() {
-	sed -i -e 's/^CXXFLAGS/#CXXFLAGS/' GNUmakefile
+do_check() {
+	# The gnu-makefile build style does not use ${makejobs}
+	make ${makejobs} ${make_build_args} check
 }
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense License.txt LICENSE
 }