diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/magma/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/magma/generic.nix
index 467bb07f53e1..39062859f2bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/magma/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/magma/generic.nix
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
   cudaPackages,
   cudaSupport ? config.cudaSupport,
   fetchurl,
+  fetchpatch,
   gfortran,
   gpuTargets ? [ ], # Non-CUDA targets, that is HIP
-  rocmPackages_5,
+  rocmPackages_5 ? null,
+  rocmPackages,
   lapack,
   lib,
   libpthreadstubs,
@@ -46,8 +48,8 @@ let
 
   inherit (effectiveCudaPackages) cudaAtLeast flags cudaOlder;
 
-  # move to newer ROCm version once supported
-  rocmPackages = rocmPackages_5;
+  effectiveRocmPackages =
+    if strings.versionOlder version "2.8.0" then rocmPackages_5 else rocmPackages;
 
   # NOTE: The lists.subtractLists function is perhaps a bit unintuitive. It subtracts the elements
   #   of the first list *from* the second list. That means:
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ let
   # NOTE: The hip.gpuTargets are prefixed with "gfx" instead of "sm" like flags.realArches.
   #   For some reason, Magma's CMakeLists.txt file does not handle the "gfx" prefix, so we must
   #   remove it.
-  rocmArches = lists.map (x: strings.removePrefix "gfx" x) rocmPackages.clr.gpuTargets;
+  rocmArches = lists.map (x: strings.removePrefix "gfx" x) effectiveRocmPackages.clr.gpuTargets;
   supportedRocmArches = lists.intersectLists rocmArches supportedGpuTargets;
   unsupportedRocmArches = lists.subtractLists supportedRocmArches rocmArches;
 
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ let
       cudaArchitectures = (builtins.map flags.dropDot flags.cudaCapabilities);
       minArch' = builtins.head (builtins.sort strings.versionOlder cudaArchitectures);
     in
-    # "75" -> "750"  Cf. https://bitbucket.org/icl/magma/src/f4ec79e2c13a2347eff8a77a3be6f83bc2daec20/CMakeLists.txt#lines-273
+    # "75" -> "750"  Cf. https://github.com/icl-utk-edu/magma/blob/v2.9.0/CMakeLists.txt#L200-L201
     "${minArch'}0";
 
 in
@@ -115,14 +117,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "test"
   ];
 
+  patches = lib.optionals (version == "2.9.0") [
+    # get ROCm version directly
+    # https://github.com/icl-utk-edu/magma/pull/27
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/icl-utk-edu/magma/commit/10fe816b763c41099fa1c978a79d6869246671cf.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-qSY5ACMHyHofJdQKyPqx8sI8GbPD6IZezmCd8qOS5OM=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # Fixup for the python test runners
-  postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs ./testing/run_{tests,summarize}.py
-    substituteInPlace ./testing/run_tests.py \
-      --replace-fail \
-        "print >>sys.stderr, cmdp, \"doesn't exist (original name: \" + cmd + \", precision: \" + precision + \")\"" \
-        "print(f\"{cmdp} doesn't exist (original name: {cmd}, precision: {precision})\", file=sys.stderr)"
-  '';
+  postPatch =
+    ''
+      patchShebangs ./testing/run_{tests,summarize}.py
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString (strings.versionOlder version "2.9.0") ''
+      substituteInPlace ./testing/run_tests.py \
+        --replace-fail \
+          "print >>sys.stderr, cmdp, \"doesn't exist (original name: \" + cmd + \", precision: \" + precision + \")\"" \
+          "print(f\"{cmdp} doesn't exist (original name: {cmd}, precision: {precision})\", file=sys.stderr)"
+    '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs =
     [
@@ -160,12 +174,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         cuda_cccl # <nv/target>
       ]
     )
-    ++ lists.optionals rocmSupport [
-      rocmPackages.clr
-      rocmPackages.hipblas
-      rocmPackages.hipsparse
-      rocmPackages.llvm.openmp
-    ];
+    ++ lists.optionals rocmSupport (
+      with effectiveRocmPackages;
+      [
+        clr
+        hipblas
+        hipsparse
+        llvm.openmp
+      ]
+    );
 
   cmakeFlags =
     [
@@ -186,8 +203,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       (strings.cmakeFeature "MIN_ARCH" minArch) # Disarms magma's asserts
     ]
     ++ lists.optionals rocmSupport [
-      (strings.cmakeFeature "CMAKE_C_COMPILER" "${rocmPackages.clr}/bin/hipcc")
-      (strings.cmakeFeature "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER" "${rocmPackages.clr}/bin/hipcc")
+      (strings.cmakeFeature "CMAKE_C_COMPILER" "${effectiveRocmPackages.clr}/bin/hipcc")
+      (strings.cmakeFeature "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER" "${effectiveRocmPackages.clr}/bin/hipcc")
     ];
 
   # Magma doesn't have a test suite we can easily run, just loose executables, all of which require a GPU.
@@ -230,7 +247,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Matrix Algebra on GPU and Multicore Architectures";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
-    homepage = "http://icl.cs.utk.edu/magma/index.html";
+    homepage = "https://icl.utk.edu/magma/";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/icl-utk-edu/magma/blob/v${version}/ReleaseNotes";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ connorbaker ];
 
@@ -240,7 +258,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       (cudaSupport && !static)
       || !(cudaSupport || rocmSupport) # At least one back-end enabled
       || (cudaSupport && rocmSupport) # Mutually exclusive
-      || (cudaSupport && cudaOlder "9.0")
-      || (cudaSupport && strings.versionOlder version "2.7.1" && cudaPackages_11 == null);
+      || (cudaSupport && strings.versionOlder version "2.7.1" && cudaPackages_11 == null)
+      || (rocmSupport && strings.versionOlder version "2.8.0" && rocmPackages_5 == null)
+      || (
+        rocmSupport
+        && strings.versionAtLeast version "2.8.0"
+        && strings.versionOlder rocmPackages.clr.version "6.3"
+      );
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/magma/releases.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/magma/releases.nix
index 59f495d67109..beb1559e3762 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/magma/releases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/magma/releases.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # NOTE: Order matters! Put the oldest version first, and the newest version last.
 # NOTE: Make sure the supportedGpuTargets are in order of oldest to newest.
 #   You can update the supportedGpuTargets by looking at the CMakeLists.txt file.
-#   HIP is here: https://bitbucket.org/icl/magma/src/f4ec79e2c13a2347eff8a77a3be6f83bc2daec20/CMakeLists.txt#lines-386
+#   HIP is here: https://github.com/icl-utk-edu/magma/blob/v2.9.0/CMakeLists.txt#L290
 #   CUDA works around magma's wrappers and uses FindCUDAToolkit directly
 [
   {
@@ -66,4 +66,35 @@
       "1033"
     ];
   }
+  {
+    version = "2.9.0";
+    hash = "sha256-/3f9Nyaz3+w7+1V5CwZICqXMOEOWwts1xW/a5KgsZBw=";
+    supportedGpuTargets = [
+      "700"
+      "701"
+      "702"
+      "703"
+      "704"
+      "705"
+      "801"
+      "802"
+      "803"
+      "805"
+      "810"
+      "900"
+      "902"
+      "904"
+      "906"
+      "908"
+      "909"
+      "90c"
+      "1010"
+      "1011"
+      "1012"
+      "1030"
+      "1031"
+      "1032"
+      "1033"
+    ];
+  }
 ]