diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bl/blender/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bl/blender/package.nix
index ea942a8ec9f6..4a3dff0fe3e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bl/blender/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bl/blender/package.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   opencolorio,
   openexr,
   openimagedenoise,
-  openimageio,
+  openimageio_2,
   openjpeg,
   openpgl,
   opensubdiv,
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ stdenv'.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       libwebp
       opencolorio
       openexr
-      openimageio
+      openimageio_2
       openjpeg
       openpgl
       (opensubdiv.override { inherit cudaSupport; })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpupad/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpupad/package.nix
index 7b076839a3d5..d9b87cdc3a47 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpupad/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpupad/package.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   glslang,
   imath,
   ktx-tools,
-  openimageio,
+  openimageio_2,
   qt6Packages,
   spdlog,
   spirv-cross,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     glslang
     imath # needed for openimageio
     ktx-tools
-    openimageio
+    openimageio_2
     qt6Packages.qtbase
     qt6Packages.qtdeclarative
     qt6Packages.qtmultimedia
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openimageio/2.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openimageio/2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d31dd2190a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openimageio/2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub, openimageio }:
+
+let
+  version = "2.5.17.0";
+in
+openimageio.overrideAttrs {
+  inherit version;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "AcademySoftwareFoundation";
+    repo = "OpenImageIO";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-d5LqRcqWj6E9jJYY/Pa5e7/MeuQGMjUo/hMCYRKsKeU=";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openimageio/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openimageio/package.nix
similarity index 71%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/openimageio/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/op/openimageio/package.nix
index adb25d2ab3ae..00965236dc63 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openimageio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openimageio/package.nix
@@ -15,23 +15,17 @@
   fmt,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "openimageio";
-  version = "2.5.16.0";
+  version = "3.0.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "AcademySoftwareFoundation";
     repo = "OpenImageIO";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-hUCwlzQW5mJH5HYPbLWOcupc36nxM12CV0sakZhiGzo=";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-CG2tb6jf7xmQnrLaTqEFKG3g4nkEwZoI44bXxdCRmrM=";
   };
 
-  # Workaround broken zlib version detection in CMake < 3.37.
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace ./src/cmake/Config.cmake.in \
-      --replace " @ZLIB_VERSION@" ""
-  '';
-
   outputs = [
     "bin"
     "out"
@@ -73,11 +67,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace "\''${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/lib/lib" "$out/lib/lib"
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     homepage = "https://openimageio.org";
     description = "Library and tools for reading and writing images";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ yzx9 ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/osl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/osl/default.nix
index 17df7fa6f050..8a4f54b091c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/osl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/osl/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   libxml2,
   zlib,
   openexr,
-  openimageio,
+  openimageio_2,
   llvm,
   boost,
   flex,
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-
   boost_static = boost.override { enableStatic = true; };
-
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "openshadinglanguage";
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       libclang
       llvm
       openexr
-      openimageio
+      openimageio_2
       partio
       pugixml
       python3.pkgs.pybind11
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/embree/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/embree/2.x.nix
index c3a0adf867e9..a4fd44accf6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/embree/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/embree/2.x.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   ispc,
   tbb,
   glfw,
-  openimageio,
+  openimageio_2,
   libjpeg,
   libpng,
   libpthreadstubs,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ispc
     tbb
     glfw
-    openimageio
+    openimageio_2
     libjpeg
     libpng
     libX11
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/embree/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/embree/default.nix
index ace060f54d07..96e431e14c05 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/embree/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/embree/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   ispc,
   tbb,
   glfw,
-  openimageio,
+  openimageio_2,
   libjpeg,
   libpng,
   libpthreadstubs,
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     tbb
     glfw
-    openimageio
+    openimageio_2
     libjpeg
     libpng
     libX11
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/materialx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/materialx/default.nix
index 43b766a5662f..d15207ee0a70 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/materialx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/materialx/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   libX11,
   libXt,
   libGL,
-  openimageio,
+  openimageio_2,
   imath,
   python,
   apple-sdk_14,
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   buildInputs =
     [
-      openimageio
+      openimageio_2
       imath
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openusd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openusd/default.nix
index 0d1c36df8028..da2f0e13effe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openusd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openusd/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   ninja,
   numpy,
   opencolorio,
-  openimageio,
+  openimageio_2,
   opensubdiv,
   osl,
   ptex,
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       imath
       materialx
       opencolorio
-      openimageio
+      openimageio_2
       opensubdiv
       ptex
       tbb
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 49f303bf46f0..4f2525e934ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15487,8 +15487,7 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit;
   };
 
-  openimageio = darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.callPackage ../development/libraries/openimageio {
-  };
+  openimageio_2 = callPackage ../by-name/op/openimageio/2.nix { };
 
   open-music-kontrollers = lib.recurseIntoAttrs {
     eteroj = callPackage ../applications/audio/open-music-kontrollers/eteroj.nix { };