diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b781b7c..cf039bd 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ License: GPL (>= 2)
 URL: https://github.com/coatless-rpkg/rcppensmallen, https://r-pkg.thecoatlessprofessor.com/rcppensmallen/, https://github.com/mlpack/ensmallen, https://ensmallen.org/
 BugReports: https://github.com/coatless-rpkg/rcppensmallen/issues
 Encoding: UTF-8
-LinkingTo: Rcpp, RcppArmadillo (>= 0.10.8.2.0)
+LinkingTo: Rcpp, RcppArmadillo (>= 15.0.2-1)
 Imports: Rcpp
 RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
diff --git a/src/Makevars b/src/Makevars
index 1e4e0c2..6699b36 100644
--- a/src/Makevars
+++ b/src/Makevars
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-PKG_CXXFLAGS = -I../inst/include $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS)
+PKG_CXXFLAGS = -I../inst/include $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS) -DARMA_USE_CURRENT
 PKG_LIBS = $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS) $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)
diff --git a/src/Makevars.win b/src/Makevars.win
index f7c3252..92ffffd 100644
--- a/src/Makevars.win
+++ b/src/Makevars.win
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-PKG_CXXFLAGS = -I../inst/include -I. $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS)
+PKG_CXXFLAGS = -I../inst/include -I. $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS) -DARMA_USE_CURRENT
 PKG_LIBS = $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS) $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)