diff --git a/ports/openvdb/0003-fix-cmake.patch b/ports/openvdb/0003-fix-cmake.patch
index 1c70da27d5b4c0..caaf4f256caaa7 100644
--- a/ports/openvdb/0003-fix-cmake.patch
+++ b/ports/openvdb/0003-fix-cmake.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index f2e8c2a..749e12c 100644
+index 93a65c7..24ec864 100644
 --- a/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -353,14 +353,10 @@ endif()
+@@ -338,13 +338,9 @@ endif()
  
  if(OPENVDB_INSTALL_CMAKE_MODULES)
    set(OPENVDB_CMAKE_MODULES
 -    cmake/FindBlosc.cmake
-     cmake/FindCppUnit.cmake
      cmake/FindJemalloc.cmake
 -    cmake/FindIlmBase.cmake
      cmake/FindLog4cplus.cmake
@@ -18,22 +17,10 @@ index f2e8c2a..749e12c 100644
      cmake/OpenVDBHoudiniSetup.cmake
      cmake/OpenVDBMayaSetup.cmake
 diff --git a/cmake/FindOpenVDB.cmake b/cmake/FindOpenVDB.cmake
-index b065192..7549843 100644
+index 219b90a..b280f85 100644
 --- a/cmake/FindOpenVDB.cmake
 +++ b/cmake/FindOpenVDB.cmake
-@@ -224,8 +224,9 @@ foreach(COMPONENT ${OpenVDB_FIND_COMPONENTS})
-     ${OPENVDB_${COMPONENT}_ROOT}
-     ${OPENVDB_${COMPONENT}_INCLUDEDIR}
-   )
--  list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES _VDB_COMPONENT_SEARCH_DIRS)
--
-+  if(_VDB_COMPONENT_SEARCH_DIRS)
-+	list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES _VDB_COMPONENT_SEARCH_DIRS)
-+  endif()
-   # Look for a standard header files.
-   if(${COMPONENT} STREQUAL "openvdb")
-     # Look for a standard OpenVDB header file.
-@@ -429,8 +430,8 @@ endif()
+@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ endif()
  
  # Add standard dependencies
  
@@ -44,7 +31,7 @@ index b065192..7549843 100644
  find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
  
  if(NOT OPENVDB_USE_STATIC_LIBS AND NOT Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
-@@ -540,7 +541,7 @@ if(NOT OPENVDB_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
+@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ else()
  endif()
  
  if(OpenVDB_USES_BLOSC)
@@ -52,31 +39,29 @@ index b065192..7549843 100644
 +  find_package(blosc CONFIG REQUIRED)
  endif()
  
- if(OpenVDB_USES_LOG4CPLUS)
-@@ -548,8 +549,8 @@ if(OpenVDB_USES_LOG4CPLUS)
- endif()
- 
+ if(OpenVDB_USES_ZLIB)
+@@ -602,6 +602,8 @@ endif()
  if(OpenVDB_USES_EXR)
--  find_package(IlmBase REQUIRED)
--  find_package(OpenEXR REQUIRED)
+   find_package(IlmBase REQUIRED)
+   find_package(OpenEXR REQUIRED)
 +  find_package(IlmBase CONFIG REQUIRED)
 +  find_package(OpenEXR CONFIG REQUIRED)
  endif()
  
  if(UNIX)
-@@ -610,7 +611,7 @@ set(_OPENVDB_HIDDEN_DEPENDENCIES)
+@@ -662,7 +664,7 @@ set(_OPENVDB_HIDDEN_DEPENDENCIES)
  
  if(NOT OPENVDB_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
    if(OpenVDB_USES_BLOSC)
 -    list(APPEND _OPENVDB_HIDDEN_DEPENDENCIES Blosc::blosc)
 +    list(APPEND _OPENVDB_HIDDEN_DEPENDENCIES blosc)
    endif()
- 
-   list(APPEND _OPENVDB_HIDDEN_DEPENDENCIES ZLIB::ZLIB)
-diff --git a/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt b/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt
-index 45b302c..d75cfd1 100644
---- a/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt
+   if(OpenVDB_USES_ZLIB)
+     list(APPEND _OPENVDB_HIDDEN_DEPENDENCIES ZLIB::ZLIB)
+diff --git a/openvdb/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt b/openvdb/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt
+index 536bf1e..568fec1 100644
+--- a/openvdb/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/openvdb/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt
 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ message(STATUS "----------------------------------------------------")
  ##########################################################################
  
@@ -111,7 +96,7 @@ index 45b302c..d75cfd1 100644
  
  if(OPENVDB_FUTURE_DEPRECATION AND FUTURE_MINIMUM_TBB_VERSION)
    if(${Tbb_VERSION} VERSION_LESS FUTURE_MINIMUM_TBB_VERSION)
-@@ -84,14 +90,7 @@ if(USE_LOG4CPLUS)
+@@ -82,14 +88,7 @@ if(USE_LOG4CPLUS)
  endif()
  
  if(USE_BLOSC)
@@ -127,7 +112,7 @@ index 45b302c..d75cfd1 100644
  else()
    message(WARNING "Blosc support is disabled. It is strongly recommended to "
      "enable blosc for optimal builds of OpenVDB and to support compatible "
-@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ endif()
+@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ endif()
  # See FindOpenVDB.cmake
  
  if(USE_BLOSC)
@@ -135,11 +120,11 @@ index 45b302c..d75cfd1 100644
 +  list(APPEND OPENVDB_CORE_DEPENDENT_LIBS blosc)
  endif()
  
- list(APPEND OPENVDB_CORE_DEPENDENT_LIBS
-diff --git a/openvdb/cmd/CMakeLists.txt b/openvdb/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
-index 2b831bb..a13b63b 100644
---- a/openvdb/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/openvdb/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
+ if(USE_BLOSC OR USE_ZLIB)
+diff --git a/openvdb/openvdb/cmd/CMakeLists.txt b/openvdb/openvdb/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
+index ba78f4b..461fd2f 100644
+--- a/openvdb/openvdb/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/openvdb/openvdb/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
 @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if(CONCURRENT_MALLOC STREQUAL "Jemalloc")
    find_package(Jemalloc REQUIRED)
    list(APPEND OPENVDB_BINARIES_DEPENDENT_LIBS Jemalloc::jemalloc)
diff --git a/ports/openvdb/CONTROL b/ports/openvdb/CONTROL
deleted file mode 100644
index a05640a98500cf..00000000000000
--- a/ports/openvdb/CONTROL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-Source: openvdb
-Version: 7.1.0
-Port-Version: 2
-Build-Depends: boost-ptr-container, openexr, tbb, blosc, boost-iostreams, boost-system, boost-thread, boost-date-time, boost-any, boost-uuid, boost-interprocess, ilmbase
-Homepage: https://github.com/dreamworksanimation/openvdb
-Description: Sparse volume data structure and tools
-
-Feature: tools
-Description: OpenVDB utilities: view, print and render
-Build-Depends: glew, glfw3
diff --git a/ports/openvdb/portfile.cmake b/ports/openvdb/portfile.cmake
index 2fb9c3e6ffea8a..63867f9f404ba5 100644
--- a/ports/openvdb/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/openvdb/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO AcademySoftwareFoundation/openvdb
-    REF 2a7966ccb184092a49355c04bccb014d84956ff7 # v7.1.0
-    SHA512 6d3d2481fd116c5fd8fdf84a5139cd6e6986e188c3a5def05ec3bee47bd31bee3099a1d317a330b10c2cf93094f305eeeea02cadcabfc81f8ffc60bf8acdb84e
+    REF 587c9ae84c2822bbc03d0d7eceb52898582841b9 # v8.0.0
+    SHA512 4abc442a86dd0614492edf70e887886b755102f04d44eebd1a154df24e05e53a80de8e9b47b370946bcc3888ab7a94ae331a3addac8d784e25ae5da7523afca9
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
         0003-fix-cmake.patch
@@ -25,9 +25,16 @@ if ("tools" IN_LIST FEATURES)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+if ("ax" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+  if(NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
+    set(OPENVDB_BUILD_AX ON)
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Currently no support for building OpenVDB AX on Windows.")  
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
-    PREFER_NINJA
     OPTIONS
         -DOPENVDB_BUILD_UNITTESTS=OFF
         -DOPENVDB_BUILD_PYTHON_MODULE=OFF
@@ -40,11 +47,12 @@ vcpkg_configure_cmake(
         -DOPENVDB_BUILD_VDB_RENDER=${OPENVDB_BUILD_TOOLS}
         -DOPENVDB_BUILD_VDB_LOD=${OPENVDB_BUILD_TOOLS}
         -DUSE_PKGCONFIG=OFF
+        ${OPENVDB_BUILD_AX}
 )
 
-vcpkg_install_cmake()
+vcpkg_cmake_install()
 
-vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets(CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/OpenVDB TARGET_PATH share/openvdb)
+vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/OpenVDB)
 
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 
@@ -55,5 +63,5 @@ if (OPENVDB_BUILD_TOOLS)
 endif()
 
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake.in ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake @ONLY)
-file(INSTALL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT})
-file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/openvdb/COPYRIGHT DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)
+file(INSTALL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}")
+file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/openvdb/openvdb/COPYRIGHT" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
diff --git a/ports/openvdb/vcpkg.json b/ports/openvdb/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..cb7969105fa186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/openvdb/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+  "name": "openvdb",
+  "version": "8.0.0",
+  "description": "Sparse volume data structure and tools",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/dreamworksanimation/openvdb",
+  "dependencies": [
+    "blosc",
+    "boost-any",
+    "boost-date-time",
+    "boost-interprocess",
+    "boost-iostreams",
+    "boost-ptr-container",
+    "boost-system",
+    "boost-thread",
+    "boost-uuid",
+    "ilmbase",
+    "openexr",
+    "tbb",
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
+    }
+  ],
+  "features": {
+    "ax": {
+      "description": "Provides a powerful and easy way of interacting with OpenVDB volume and point data."
+    },
+    "tools": {
+      "description": "OpenVDB utilities: view, print and render",
+      "dependencies": [
+        "glew",
+        "glfw3"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 8a7bb218d20883..7b90cb1f1e60a6 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -4645,8 +4645,8 @@
       "port-version": 1
     },
     "openvdb": {
-      "baseline": "7.1.0",
-      "port-version": 2
+      "baseline": "8.0.0",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "openvpn3": {
       "baseline": "3.4.1-1",
diff --git a/versions/o-/openvdb.json b/versions/o-/openvdb.json
index 5b5e207a1f0308..19b06c1bb90824 100644
--- a/versions/o-/openvdb.json
+++ b/versions/o-/openvdb.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "5dd93bca4d648b1e0ab01d3cf4df79a183944688",
+      "version": "8.0.0",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "7851d7cc48fbd6ae64e2a625afc0a21024f0eb31",
       "version-string": "7.1.0",