diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index bf996bbd..a90fecb7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -7,12 +7,20 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+3.0.3 - 2021-10-15
+------------------
+
+**Bug fix**
+
+- We now support ``xsimd>=8`` and support alternative jemalloc installations.
+
+
 3.0.2 - 2021-10-14
 ------------------
 
 **Bug fix**
 
-- Allow to link to alternatively suffixed jemalloc installation to workaround `#113 <https://github.com/Quantco/tabmat/issues/113>`_ .
+- Allow to link to alternatively suffixed jemalloc installation to work around `#113 <https://github.com/Quantco/tabmat/issues/113>`_ .
 
 3.0.1 - 2021-10-07
 ------------------
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 8ce05605..966d7d6b 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies:
   - c-compiler
   - cxx-compiler
   - cython
-  - jemalloc
+  - jemalloc-local
   - make
   - mako
   - mkl-include
diff --git a/src/tabmat/ext/alloc.h b/src/tabmat/ext/alloc.h
index f3e94bcc..84663d03 100644
--- a/src/tabmat/ext/alloc.h
+++ b/src/tabmat/ext/alloc.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #ifndef _WIN32
   #define JEMALLOC_NO_DEMANGLE
   #if __APPLE__
-    #if !(!JEMALLOC_INSTALL_SUFFIX)
+    #if not defined(JEMALLOC_INSTALL_SUFFIX)
       #define JEMALLOC_NO_RENAME
     #endif
   #endif
diff --git a/src/tabmat/ext/dense_helpers-tmpl.cpp b/src/tabmat/ext/dense_helpers-tmpl.cpp
index 74f0e54b..b18a9fe4 100644
--- a/src/tabmat/ext/dense_helpers-tmpl.cpp
+++ b/src/tabmat/ext/dense_helpers-tmpl.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 
 #include "alloc.h"
 
+#if XSIMD_VERSION_MAJOR >= 8
+    #define XSIMD_BROADCAST broadcast
+#else
+    #define XSIMD_BROADCAST set_simd
+#endif
+
 namespace xs = xsimd;
 
 <%def name="middle_j(kparallel, IBLOCK, JBLOCK)">
@@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ namespace xs = xsimd;
         // setup simd accumulators
         % for ir in range(IBLOCK):
             % for jr in range(JBLOCK):
-                auto accumsimd${ir}_${jr} = xs::set_simd(((F)0.0));
+                auto accumsimd${ir}_${jr} = xs::XSIMD_BROADCAST(((F)0.0));
             % endfor
         % endfor
 
diff --git a/src/tabmat/ext/sparse_helpers-tmpl.cpp b/src/tabmat/ext/sparse_helpers-tmpl.cpp
index 15805f7d..94d8388f 100644
--- a/src/tabmat/ext/sparse_helpers-tmpl.cpp
+++ b/src/tabmat/ext/sparse_helpers-tmpl.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 
 #include "alloc.h"
 
+#if XSIMD_VERSION_MAJOR >= 8
+    #define XSIMD_BROADCAST broadcast
+#else
+    #define XSIMD_BROADCAST set_simd
+#endif
+
 namespace xs = xsimd;
 
 <%def name="csr_dense_sandwich_tmpl(order)">
@@ -84,7 +90,7 @@ void _csr_dense${order}_sandwich(
                         }
 
                         F Q = Adata[A_idx];
-                        auto Qsimd = xs::set_simd(Q);
+                        auto Qsimd = xs::XSIMD_BROADCAST(Q);
 
                         Int Cj = Cjj;
                         Int Cjmax2 = Cjj + ((Cjmax - Cjj) / simd_size) * simd_size;