diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index e04ab157b89..468dac76cbf 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2324,7 +2324,7 @@ libxmp.so.4 libxmp-4.3.7_1
 libKF5ThreadWeaver.so.5 threadweaver-5.26.0_1
 libOpenImageIO_Util.so.2.5 openimageio-2.5.17.0_1
 libOpenImageIO.so.2.5 openimageio-2.5.17.0_1
-libOpenColorIO.so.2.1 opencolorio-2.1.2_1
+libOpenColorIO.so.2.4 opencolorio-2.4.2_1
 libpystring.so.1 pystring-1.1.3_1
 libyaml-cpp.so.0.7 yaml-cpp-0.7.0_1
 libpaper.so.1 libpaper-1.1.24_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/opencolorio/patches/strlen.patch b/srcpkgs/opencolorio/patches/strlen.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bdacd1890e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/opencolorio/patches/strlen.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: OpenColorIO-2.1.1/src/OpenColorIO/FileRules.cpp
-===================================================================
---- OpenColorIO-2.1.1.orig/src/OpenColorIO/FileRules.cpp
-+++ OpenColorIO-2.1.1/src/OpenColorIO/FileRules.cpp
-@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
- 
- #include <algorithm>
- #include <cctype>
-+#include <cstring>
- #include <map>
- #include <regex>
- #include <sstream>
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/opencolorio/template b/srcpkgs/opencolorio/template
index 502bdecd663..5382c1006ed 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opencolorio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opencolorio/template
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
 # Template file for 'opencolorio'
 pkgname=opencolorio
-version=2.1.3
-revision=2
+version=2.4.2
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES=None
  -DOCIO_INSTALL_EXT_PACKAGES=NONE
  -Dpystring_ROOT=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
  -Dpybind11_ROOT=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_sitelib}/pybind11
  -DOCIO_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DOCIO_BUILD_GPU_TESTS=OFF"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config git python3"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config git python3 python3-packaging-bootstrap"
 makedepends="lcms2-devel pystring-devel glew-devel
  libfreeglut-devel expat-devel yaml-cpp-devel imath-devel
- python3-pybind11"
+ python3-pybind11 libopenexr-devel minizip-ng-devel"
 short_desc="Complete color management solution"
 maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"
 license="custom:openimageio"
 homepage="https://opencolorio.org"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO/master/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=c826a4088a6358fcf39628c852a460c145a4191a5e16ef96fe6a0aaed065d36a
+checksum=2d8f2c47c40476d6e8cea9d878f6601d04f6d5642b47018eaafa9e9f833f3690
 make_check=no # A couple tests fail.
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	x86_64*) ;;
-	*) configure_args+=" -DOCIO_USE_SSE=OFF" ;;
+	i686*) configure_args+=" -DOCIO_USE_SIMD=OFF" ;;
 esac
 
 post_install() {