diff --git a/examples/talk-llama/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/talk-llama/CMakeLists.txt
index fbb9b008a..82b34781b 100644
--- a/examples/talk-llama/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/talk-llama/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ if (WHISPER_SDL2)
 
     if (WHISPER_USE_SYSTEM_LLAMA)
         message(STATUS "Using system-provided llama.cpp, skipping llama.cpp fetch")
-        find_package(llama 0.1.2 REQUIRED)
+        find_package(llama 0.3.0 REQUIRED)
     else()
         include(FetchContent)
 
-        set(LLAMA_TAG "v0.1.2")
+        set(LLAMA_TAG "v0.3.0")
 
         set(LLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
         set(LLAMA_BUILD_TESTS    OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
diff --git a/scripts/sync-llama.sh b/scripts/sync-llama.sh
index b54280308..59ed697a0 100755
--- a/scripts/sync-llama.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync-llama.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# note: run from the whisper.cpp root directory
+set -euo pipefail
 
-cp -rpv ../llama.cpp/include/llama.h ./examples/talk-llama/llama.h
+# read the current llama.cpp version from the neighboring repo
+LLAMA_VERSION=$(sed -nE 's/^set\(LLAMA_VERSION_(MAJOR|MINOR|PATCH) ([0-9]+)\)$/\2/p' ../llama.cpp/CMakeLists.txt | paste -sd. -)
 
-cp -rpv ../llama.cpp/src/llama*.cpp       ./examples/talk-llama/
-cp -rpv ../llama.cpp/src/llama*.h         ./examples/talk-llama/
-cp -rpv ../llama.cpp/src/models/*         ./examples/talk-llama/models/
-cp -rpv ../llama.cpp/src/unicode.h        ./examples/talk-llama/unicode.h
-cp -rpv ../llama.cpp/src/unicode.cpp      ./examples/talk-llama/unicode.cpp
-cp -rpv ../llama.cpp/src/unicode-data.h   ./examples/talk-llama/unicode-data.h
-cp -rpv ../llama.cpp/src/unicode-data.cpp ./examples/talk-llama/unicode-data.cpp
+if [ -z "${LLAMA_VERSION}" ]; then
+    echo "error: could not read llama.cpp version from ../llama.cpp/CMakeLists.txt" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# update the version number in examples/talk-llama/CMakeLists.txt
+sed -i.bak \
+    -E -e "s/(find_package[(]llama )[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/\1${LLAMA_VERSION}/" \
+       -e "s/(set[(]LLAMA_TAG \"v)[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/\1${LLAMA_VERSION}/" \
+    examples/talk-llama/CMakeLists.txt
+rm examples/talk-llama/CMakeLists.txt.bak
+
+echo "synced llama.cpp version: ${LLAMA_VERSION}"