diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e18b6840..5edaea41 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "code/dep_external/src/oar-private"]
-	path = code/dep_external/src/oar-private
-	url = https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/oar-private
+[submodule "code/dep_external/src/oar"]
+	path = code/dep_external/src/oar
+	url = https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/oar
diff --git a/code/CMakeLists.txt b/code/CMakeLists.txt
index df3f9d50..0caa8ccc 100755
--- a/code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ else()
     set(OAR_ENABLE_BINAURALIZER OFF)
 endif()
 set(OAR_BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY OFF)
-add_subdirectory(dep_external/src/oar-private/liboar EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+add_subdirectory(dep_external/src/oar EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE sources  CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/*.c"
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ include_directories(
     include
     ${DEP_CODECS_DIR}/include
     ${DEP_EXTERNAL_DIR}/include
-    ${DEP_EXTERNAL_DIR}/src/oar-private/liboar/include
-    ${DEP_EXTERNAL_DIR}/src/oar-private/liboar/src/common
+    ${DEP_EXTERNAL_DIR}/src/oar/include
+    ${DEP_EXTERNAL_DIR}/src/oar/src/common
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/iamf_dec
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/iamf_dec/codec
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/iamf_dec/codec/opus
diff --git a/code/README.md b/code/README.md
index 2c1c5024..543bec42 100755
--- a/code/README.md
+++ b/code/README.md
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ The `iamf-tools` reference encoder and its documentation are available at https:
 ### Channel ordering
 
 The ordering of channel from IAMF decoder is based on the related [ITU-2051-3](https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BS.2051) layout.  
-Please refer to the [Output WAV files](https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/libiamf/blob/main/tests/README.md#output-wav-files) in `test` directory, or liboar's [loudspeaker ordering](https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/oar-private/blob/main/liboar/doc/loudspeaker_layout_channel_order.md) documentation
+Please refer to the [Output WAV files](https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/libiamf/blob/main/tests/README.md#output-wav-files) in `test` directory, or liboar's [loudspeaker ordering](https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/oar/blob/main/doc/loudspeaker_layout_channel_order.md) documentation
 
 ## Coding style
 
diff --git a/code/dep_external/src/oar b/code/dep_external/src/oar
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..3d1d23b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/dep_external/src/oar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3d1d23b807543f993a1d0cf0a9839c7f0746d94b
diff --git a/code/dep_external/src/oar-private b/code/dep_external/src/oar-private
deleted file mode 160000
index 45013981..00000000
--- a/code/dep_external/src/oar-private
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 45013981fc174c999f5f62b3b743c61b97fdb88d