diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ffdf961b9e..6fb0fcaec7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -612,8 +612,8 @@ jobs:
             simd: sse4.2,avx2
             ctest_test_timeout: 1200
             setenvs: export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=12.0
-                            INSTALL_QT=0 INSTALL_OPENCV=0
-            optional_deps_append: 'OpenCV;Qt5;Qt6'
+                            INSTALL_QT=0 INSTALL_OPENCV=0 INSTALL_OPENVDB=0
+            optional_deps_append: 'OpenCV;OpenVDB;Qt5;Qt6'
             benchmark: 1
           - desc: MacOS-14-ARM aclang15/C++20/py3.13
             runner: macos-14
diff --git a/src/build-scripts/install_homebrew_deps.bash b/src/build-scripts/install_homebrew_deps.bash
index e8cfe2bc59..1b80805449 100755
--- a/src/build-scripts/install_homebrew_deps.bash
+++ b/src/build-scripts/install_homebrew_deps.bash
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ if [[ "$OIIO_BREW_INSTALL_PACKAGES" == "" ]] ; then
         opencolorio \
         openexr \
         openjpeg \
-        openvdb \
         ptex \
         pybind11 \
         robin-map \
@@ -50,6 +49,9 @@ if [[ "$OIIO_BREW_INSTALL_PACKAGES" == "" ]] ; then
     if [[ "${USE_OPENCV:=}" != "0" ]] && [[ "${INSTALL_OPENCV:=1}" != "0" ]] ; then
         OIIO_BREW_INSTALL_PACKAGES+=" opencv"
     fi
+    if [[ "${USE_OPENVDB:=1}" != "0" ]] && [[ "${INSTALL_OPENVDB:=1}" != "0" ]] ; then
+        OIIO_BREW_INSTALL_PACKAGES+=" openvdb"
+    fi
     if [[ "${USE_QT:=1}" != "0" ]] && [[ "${INSTALL_QT:=1}" != "0" ]] ; then
         OIIO_BREW_INSTALL_PACKAGES+=" qt${QT_VERSION}"
     fi