diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 9aeeb079cf0..439cf15127b 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3458,7 +3458,7 @@ libticalcs2.so.12 libticalcs2-1.1.9_1
 libhtmlcxx.so.3 htmlcxx-0.86_1
 libcss_parser_pp.so.0 htmlcxx-0.86_1
 libcss_parser.so.0 htmlcxx-0.86_1
-libaom.so.2 libaom-2.0.0_1
+libaom.so.3 libaom-3.4.0_1
 libre.so.1 re-2.0.1_1
 libtpms.so.0 libtpms-0.9.0_1
 libswtpm_libtpms.so.0 libswtpm-0.6.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libaom/template b/srcpkgs/libaom/template
index 657301c7309..072a044043d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libaom/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libaom/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libaom'
 pkgname=libaom
-version=2.0.1
+version=3.4.0
 revision=1
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_style=cmake
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="https://aomedia.org/"
 changelog="https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom/+/master/CHANGELOG"
 distfiles="https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom/+archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=@b89acd3304531a9f6c99eba13e1de66605893ff8d08abc8c6e0586481a90033a
+# unstable checksum use content hash
+checksum=@12f82fb240e9fac8d66aa1f4850b07cb9ba025b7f899d2f94229e35122076e1d
+
+make_check=ci-skip # takes a lot of time
 
 # aom segfaults with default musl stack size
 LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,stack-size=2097152"
@@ -35,11 +38,10 @@ pre_check() {
 
 do_check() {
 	cd build
-	make testdata ${makejobs}
-	../test/examples.sh --bin-path examples
-
+	ninja ${makejobs} testdata
+	../test/examples.sh --bin-path "$PWD"
 	if [ "$XBPS_CHECK_PKGS" = full ]; then
-		make runtests ${makejobs}
+		ninja ${makejobs} runtests
 	fi
 }