diff --git a/multimedia/aom/Makefile b/multimedia/aom/Makefile
index 0a242e7af896..fa0e50aed793 100644
--- a/multimedia/aom/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/aom/Makefile
@@ -1,45 +1,44 @@
 PORTNAME=	aom
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	3.8.0
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	3.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia
 
 MAINTAINER=	jbeich@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	AV1 reference encoder/decoder
 WWW=		https://aomedia.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${BUILD_DEPENDS_${ARCH}}
 BUILD_DEPENDS_amd64=	nasm:devel/nasm
 BUILD_DEPENDS_i386=	nasm:devel/nasm
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lib perl5
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_PERL5=	build
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	jbeich # mirror
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_OFF=	ENABLE_DOCS ENABLE_TESTS
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	JXL VMAF
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=JXL VMAF
 OPTIONS_EXCLUDE=JXL # https://bugs.chromium.org/p/aomedia/issues/detail?id=3457
 
 JXL_DESC=		Encoding tuning for Butteraugli
 JXL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libjxl.so:graphics/libjxl
 JXL_USES=		pkgconfig
 JXL_CMAKE_ON=		-DCONFIG_TUNE_BUTTERAUGLI:STRING=1
 
 VMAF_DESC=		Encoding tuning for VMAF
 VMAF_LIB_DEPENDS=	libvmaf.so:multimedia/vmaf
 VMAF_USES=		pkgconfig
 VMAF_CMAKE_ON=		-DCONFIG_TUNE_VMAF:STRING=1
 
 post-patch:
 # Extract (snapshot) version from the port instead of CHANGELOG
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's,$${AOM_ROOT}/CHANGELOG,${DISTVERSIONFULL:S/^v//},' \
 		${WRKSRC}/build/cmake/version.cmake
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/aom/distinfo b/multimedia/aom/distinfo
index 6ee7f481e071..87e00adea323 100644
--- a/multimedia/aom/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/aom/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1701386292
-SHA256 (jbeich-aom-v3.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = d8e0cb0157410e97ffcf01f4fe24e6447303c46cc4103d6597ba30ef508afe05
-SIZE (jbeich-aom-v3.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 5458954
+TIMESTAMP = 1705523068
+SHA256 (jbeich-aom-v3.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 629d0fbd58654167d28f3efc2cdff0e708d68280aa5b30f81744e7e181a8d851
+SIZE (jbeich-aom-v3.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 5461300
diff --git a/multimedia/aom/files/patch-build_cmake_aom__configure.cmake b/multimedia/aom/files/patch-build_cmake_aom__configure.cmake
index 2096d95fa6dd..4670783ec104 100644
--- a/multimedia/aom/files/patch-build_cmake_aom__configure.cmake
+++ b/multimedia/aom/files/patch-build_cmake_aom__configure.cmake
@@ -1,48 +1,50 @@
 - FreeBSD and NetBSD powerpc* targets don't abbreviate to ppc*
 - ARM uses compiler intrinsics, so don't require GNU as
 
---- build/cmake/aom_configure.cmake.orig	2023-08-14 21:22:47 UTC
+--- build/cmake/aom_configure.cmake.orig	2024-01-17 20:24:28 UTC
 +++ build/cmake/aom_configure.cmake
-@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ if(NOT AOM_TARGET_CPU)
+@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ if(NOT AOM_TARGET_CPU)
      set(AOM_TARGET_CPU "${cpu_lowercase}")
    elseif(cpu_lowercase MATCHES "aarch64")
      set(AOM_TARGET_CPU "arm64")
 -  elseif(cpu_lowercase MATCHES "^ppc")
 +  elseif(cpu_lowercase MATCHES "^ppc|^powerpc")
      set(AOM_TARGET_CPU "ppc")
    else()
      message(WARNING "The architecture ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} is not "
-@@ -183,33 +183,6 @@ if(AOM_TARGET_CPU STREQUAL "x86" OR AOM_TARGET_CPU STR
+@@ -181,35 +181,6 @@ if(AOM_TARGET_CPU STREQUAL "x86" OR AOM_TARGET_CPU STR
          "To build without optimizations, add -DAOM_TARGET_CPU=generic to "
          "your cmake command line.")
    endif()
 -  string(STRIP "${AOM_AS_FLAGS}" AOM_AS_FLAGS)
 -elseif(AOM_TARGET_CPU MATCHES "arm")
 -  if(AOM_TARGET_SYSTEM STREQUAL "Darwin")
--    set(CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER as)
+-    if(NOT CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER)
+-      set(CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER})
+-    endif()
 -    set(AOM_AS_FLAGS -arch ${AOM_TARGET_CPU} -isysroot ${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT})
 -  elseif(AOM_TARGET_SYSTEM STREQUAL "Windows")
 -    if(NOT CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER)
 -      set(CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -c -mimplicit-it=always)
 -    endif()
 -  else()
 -    if(NOT CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER)
 -      set(CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER as)
 -    endif()
 -  endif()
 -  include(CheckLanguage)
 -  check_language(ASM)
 -  if(NOT CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER)
 -    message(
 -      FATAL_ERROR
 -        "Unable to find assembler and optimizations are enabled."
 -        "Searched for ${CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER}. Install it, add it to your path,"
 -        "or set the assembler directly by adding "
 -        "-DCMAKE_ASM_COMPILER=<assembler path> to your CMake command line."
 -        "To build without optimizations, add -DAOM_TARGET_CPU=generic to your "
 -        "cmake command line.")
 -  endif()
 -  enable_language(ASM)
    string(STRIP "${AOM_AS_FLAGS}" AOM_AS_FLAGS)
  endif()
  
diff --git a/multimedia/aom/pkg-plist b/multimedia/aom/pkg-plist
index 3042d3eabe09..2abf4a1b4d26 100644
--- a/multimedia/aom/pkg-plist
+++ b/multimedia/aom/pkg-plist
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 bin/aomdec
 bin/aomenc
 include/aom/aom.h
 include/aom/aom_codec.h
 include/aom/aom_decoder.h
 include/aom/aom_encoder.h
 include/aom/aom_external_partition.h
 include/aom/aom_frame_buffer.h
 include/aom/aom_image.h
 include/aom/aom_integer.h
 include/aom/aomcx.h
 include/aom/aomdx.h
 lib/libaom.a
 lib/libaom.so
 lib/libaom.so.3
-lib/libaom.so.3.8.0
+lib/libaom.so.3.8.1
 libdata/pkgconfig/aom.pc