diff --git a/README.rst b/README.md
similarity index 70%
rename from README.rst
rename to README.md
index 9a7e2a4e..2a403634 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-pyav-ffmpeg
-===========
+# pyav-ffmpeg
 
-This project provides binary builds of FFmpeg and its dependencies for `PyAV`_.
-These builds are used in order to provide binary wheels of PyAV, allowing
-users to easily install PyAV without perform error-prone compilations.
+This project provides binary builds of FFmpeg and its dependencies for [PyAV](https://github.com/PyAV-Org/PyAV). These builds are used in order to provide binary wheels of PyAV, allowing users to easily install PyAV without perform error-prone compilations.
 
 The builds are provided for several platforms:
 
@@ -16,7 +13,7 @@ Features
 
 Currently FFmpeg 8.1.2 is built with the following packages enabled for all platforms:
 
-- lame 3.100.1 (basswood-io/lamer)
+- [lamer](https://github.com/basswood-io/lamer) 3.101.0
 - opus 1.6.1
 - dav1d 1.5.3
 - libsvtav1 4.1.0
@@ -33,4 +30,3 @@ The following additional packages are also enabled on Linux:
 - nettle 3.10.2
 - unistring 1.4.2
 
-.. _PyAV: https://github.com/PyAV-Org/PyAV
diff --git a/scripts/cibuildpkg.py b/scripts/cibuildpkg.py
index 06791f81..85a0f6e9 100644
--- a/scripts/cibuildpkg.py
+++ b/scripts/cibuildpkg.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def _build_with_make(self, package: Package, for_builder: bool) -> None:
     def _build_lame(self, package: Package, for_builder: bool) -> None:
         # basswood-io/lamer builds libmp3lame with a plain Makefile. Build only
         # the static encoder library (the `lib` target, not the ncurses CLI
-        # frontend or mpglib decoder) as position-independent code -- it is
+        # frontend) as position-independent code -- it is
         # linked into the shared libavcodec -- then install it where FFmpeg's
         # configure looks (-lmp3lame, <lame/lame.h>).
         package_source_path = os.path.join(
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def _build_lame(self, package: Package, for_builder: bool) -> None:
         env = self._environment(for_builder=for_builder)
         prefix = self._prefix(for_builder=for_builder)
 
-        make_vars = ["DECODER=0"]
+        make_vars: list[str] = []
         if platform.system() == "Windows":
             # The CLANGARM64 toolchain ships llvm-ar/llvm-ranlib, not ar/ranlib.
             if platform.machine().lower() in {"arm64", "aarch64"}:
diff --git a/scripts/pkg.py b/scripts/pkg.py
index f536e0a8..374352b4 100644
--- a/scripts/pkg.py
+++ b/scripts/pkg.py
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ def __lt__(self, other):
 codec_group = [
     Package(
         name="lamer",
-        source_url="https://github.com/basswood-io/lamer/archive/refs/tags/v3.100.1.tar.gz",
-        source_filename="lamer-3.100.1.tar.gz",
-        sha256="943eac863ff803b5a698cec0bdc483ce9081b1e74ca8978e94daafb44522c946",
+        source_url="https://github.com/basswood-io/lamer/archive/refs/tags/v3.101.0.tar.gz",
+        source_filename="lamer-3.101.0.tar.gz",
+        sha256="81839b16fdc401e20b73389d05f32a7656008f43bcb960feff290d6f08fc109e",
         build_system="make",
     ),
     Package(