diff --git a/srcpkgs/electrum/template b/srcpkgs/electrum/template
index 9aa7bb4075f..bf63a1fbc26 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/electrum/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/electrum/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Template file for 'python-electrum'
+# Template file for 'electrum'
 pkgname=electrum
-version=2.7.18
+version=2.8.3
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 nocross=yes
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ wrksrc="Electrum-${version}"
 build_style=python2-module
 pycompile_module="electrum"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
-depends="python-slowaes python-ecdsa python-pbkdf2 python-requests python-qrcode python-protobuf python-dnspython python-jsonrpclib python-PyQt4"
+depends="python-slowaes python-ecdsa python-pbkdf2 python-requests python-qrcode python-protobuf python-dnspython
+ python-jsonrpclib python-PyQt4 python-pyaes python-pysocks"
 # Missing optional dependencies:
 #  python-zbar - QR Code scanning
 #  python-btchip - BTChip hardware wallet support
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ maintainer="Charles E. Lehner <cel@celehner.com>"
 homepage="https://electrum.org/"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="https://download.electrum.org/${version}/Electrum-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=4b4d7726e29df55a28d8a86f8e514904b339fd5d29a5cb57a919430c0fcb33d1
+checksum=c16ea6266f036a942efa1554ac138e2748a8050c78551da30995ffe6a9e25a12
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENCE LICENSE