diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f172666e2..5801ced89 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -347,11 +347,11 @@ set(GNSSSDR_ABSEIL_MIN_VERSION "20240116")
 ################################################################################
 # Versions to download and build (but not to install system-wide) if not found
 ################################################################################
-set(GNSSSDR_ARMADILLO_LOCAL_VERSION "12.8.x")
+set(GNSSSDR_ARMADILLO_LOCAL_VERSION "14.0.x")
 set(GNSSSDR_GFLAGS_LOCAL_VERSION "2.2.2")
 set(GNSSSDR_GLOG_LOCAL_VERSION "0.7.1")
 set(GNSSSDR_MATIO_LOCAL_VERSION "1.5.27")
-set(GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION "27.1")
+set(GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION "27.2")
 set(GNSSSDR_PUGIXML_LOCAL_VERSION "1.14")
 set(GNSSSDR_GTEST_LOCAL_VERSION "1.14.0")
 set(GNSSSDR_GNSS_SIM_LOCAL_VERSION "origin/master")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a904764b0..85fb1720e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -403,9 +403,9 @@ $ sudo apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev       # For Debian/Ubuntu/Linux
 $ sudo yum install lapack-devel blas-devel             # For Fedora/CentOS/RHEL
 $ sudo zypper install lapack-devel blas-devel          # For OpenSUSE
 $ sudo pacman -S blas lapack                           # For Arch Linux
-$ wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/arma/files/armadillo-12.8.1.tar.xz
-$ tar xvfz armadillo-12.8.1.tar.xz
-$ cd armadillo-12.8.1
+$ wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/arma/files/armadillo-14.0.0.tar.xz
+$ tar xvfz armadillo-14.0.0.tar.xz
+$ cd armadillo-14.0.0
 $ cmake .
 $ make
 $ sudo make install