diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ar/ares/darwin-build-fixes.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ar/ares/darwin-build-fixes.patch
index e0fe64bc94da..96b07f2ee141 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ar/ares/darwin-build-fixes.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ar/ares/darwin-build-fixes.patch
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 diff --git a/cmake/macos/compilerconfig.cmake b/cmake/macos/compilerconfig.cmake
-index 99272c662..50f94db37 100644
+index f0c900f28..4da64f0b3 100644
 --- a/cmake/macos/compilerconfig.cmake
 +++ b/cmake/macos/compilerconfig.cmake
-@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ message(DEBUG "macOS SDK Path: ${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT}")
- string(REGEX MATCH ".+/SDKs/MacOSX([0-9]+\\.[0-9])+\\.sdk$" _ ${CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT})
- set(_ares_macos_current_sdk ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
- message(DEBUG "macOS SDK version: ${_ares_macos_current_sdk}")
--if(_ares_macos_current_sdk VERSION_LESS _ares_macos_minimum_sdk)
-+if(FALSE)
-   message(
-     FATAL_ERROR
-     "Your macOS SDK version (${_ares_macos_current_sdk}) is too low. "
+@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function(check_sdk_requirements)
+   set(ares_macos_minimum_sdk 11.1) # Minimum tested SDK
+   set(ares_macos_minimum_xcode 12.4) # Sync with SDK
+   execute_process(
+-    COMMAND xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-platform-version
++    COMMAND echo @sdkVersion@
+     OUTPUT_VARIABLE ares_macos_current_sdk
+     RESULT_VARIABLE result
+     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
 diff --git a/cmake/macos/helpers.cmake b/cmake/macos/helpers.cmake
-index 864a629f0..f455345bf 100644
+index 3777ac98a..07ff17009 100644
 --- a/cmake/macos/helpers.cmake
 +++ b/cmake/macos/helpers.cmake
 @@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ function(ares_configure_executable target)
@@ -23,3 +23,16 @@ index 864a629f0..f455345bf 100644
  
      install(TARGETS ${target} BUNDLE DESTINATION "." COMPONENT Application)
    endif()
+diff --git a/ruby/cmake/os-macos.cmake b/ruby/cmake/os-macos.cmake
+index 39c339428..dafb58c66 100644
+--- a/ruby/cmake/os-macos.cmake
++++ b/ruby/cmake/os-macos.cmake
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
+ if(SDL_FOUND)
+   target_link_libraries(
+     ruby
+-    PRIVATE "$<LINK_LIBRARY:WEAK_FRAMEWORK,SDL::SDL>"
++    PRIVATE "$<LINK_LIBRARY:WEAK_LIBRARY,SDL::SDL>"
+   )
+ endif()
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ar/ares/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ar/ares/package.nix
index e917588264c8..84eaaf6f3d49 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ar/ares/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ar/ares/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   lib,
-  SDL2,
   alsa-lib,
   apple-sdk_14,
   cmake,
@@ -19,6 +18,8 @@
   moltenvk,
   openal,
   pkg-config,
+  replaceVars,
+  sdl3,
   stdenv,
   udev,
   vulkan-loader,
@@ -28,13 +29,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "ares";
-  version = "143";
+  version = "144";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ares-emulator";
     repo = "ares";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-uuFKbS7WvxkTyyQfuQ6iKPvRt+54zUPdjUlQ/ohBAr8=";
+    hash = "sha256-BpVyPdtsIUstLVf/HGO6vcAlLgJP5SgJbZtqEV/uJ2g=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs =
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   buildInputs =
     [
-      SDL2
+      sdl3
       libao
       librashader
       vulkan-loader
@@ -73,7 +74,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ];
 
   patches = [
-    ./darwin-build-fixes.patch
+    (replaceVars ./darwin-build-fixes.patch {
+      sdkVersion = apple-sdk_14.version;
+    })
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [