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diff --git a/armadillo.changes b/armadillo.changes
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May  8 01:23:13 UTC 2020 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
+
+- Update to version 9.870.2:
+  * Faster handling of matrix multiplication expressions by
+    diagvec() and diagmat().
+  * Added trimatu_ind() and trimatl_ind().
+  * More consistent detection of sparse vector expressions.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 13 11:36:45 UTC 2020 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/armadillo.spec b/armadillo.spec
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 %define soname libarmadillo9
 Name:           armadillo
-Version:        9.860.2
+Version:        9.870.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        C++ matrix library with interfaces to LAPACK and ATLAS
 License:        Apache-2.0