diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvmaf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvmaf/default.nix
index 9f7e84558f7d..293cb21bb5d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvmaf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvmaf/default.nix
@@ -2,24 +2,28 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libvmaf";
-  version = "1.5.3";
+  version = "2.1.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "netflix";
     repo = "vmaf";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0x3l3g0hgrrjh3ygmxr1pd3rd5589s07c7id35nvj76ch5b7gy63";
+    sha256 = "0gh4zwz975x9kvqdmzs45f96rk99apay57jc68rc8c2xm7gfis58";
   };
 
   sourceRoot = "source/libvmaf";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja nasm ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [ "-Denable_avx512=true" ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
-  doCheck = true;
+  doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/Netflix/vmaf";
     description = "Perceptual video quality assessment based on multi-method fusion (VMAF)";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/Netflix/vmaf/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.bsd2Patent;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.cfsmp3 maintainers.marsam ];