diff --git a/ports/openvino/msvc_debug_info_only_in_pdb.patch b/ports/openvino/msvc_debug_info_only_in_pdb.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cd33b6fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/openvino/msvc_debug_info_only_in_pdb.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/developer_package/compile_flags/os_flags.cmake b/cmake/developer_package/compile_flags/os_flags.cmake
+index 3ce87023ad..a2c5b2dda1 100644
+--- a/cmake/developer_package/compile_flags/os_flags.cmake
++++ b/cmake/developer_package/compile_flags/os_flags.cmake
+@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
+         set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} /DEBUG")
+     endif()
+ 
++    if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
++        string(REPLACE "/Z7" "/Zi" CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG $CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG)
++        string(REPLACE "/Z7" "/Zi" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG $CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG)
++    endif()
++
+     # need to set extra flags after /DEBUG to ensure that binary size is not bloated
+     set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} /OPT:REF /OPT:ICF")
+     set(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} /OPT:REF /OPT:ICF")
diff --git a/ports/openvino/portfile.cmake b/ports/openvino/portfile.cmake
index 19b6b0f97c..a5fb2e2ab9 100644
--- a/ports/openvino/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/openvino/portfile.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     SHA512 77259f2211aa27c70c4930795ab6a7f7a0eade6fa8cda9b38caafdb3fa8081dba7c6bb5c2fa75adbdb224e4d84c80c48f19eef463500cd58316aa55183e6d660
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
-        windows_fix_giant_libs.patch
+        msvc_debug_info_only_in_pdb.patch
         onednn_gpu_includes.patch
         protobuf-6.patch
         npu_deps.patch
diff --git a/ports/openvino/vcpkg.json b/ports/openvino/vcpkg.json
index 8977c4856b..cea042b262 100644
--- a/ports/openvino/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/openvino/vcpkg.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/main/docs/vcpkg.schema.json",
   "name": "openvino",
   "version": "2026.0.0",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "maintainers": "OpenVINO Developers <openvino@intel.com>",
   "summary": "This is a port for Open Visual Inference And Optimization toolkit for AI inference",
   "description": [
diff --git a/ports/openvino/windows_fix_giant_libs.patch b/ports/openvino/windows_fix_giant_libs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 01122646c5..0000000000
--- a/ports/openvino/windows_fix_giant_libs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_gpu/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/intel_gpu/CMakeLists.txt
-index 427460fb59..818047190a 100644
---- a/src/plugins/intel_gpu/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/src/plugins/intel_gpu/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ ov_add_plugin(NAME ${TARGET_NAME}
- target_compile_options(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE
-     $<$<CONFIG:Release>:$<IF:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>,/Os,-Os>>)
- 
--target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE openvino_intel_gpu_graph openvino::pugixml)
-+target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE openvino_intel_gpu_graph openvino_intel_gpu_graph_impls openvino::pugixml)
- 
- target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE
-         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/)
-diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_gpu/src/graph/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/intel_gpu/src/graph/CMakeLists.txt
-index 7538f01b3b..576c3fae29 100644
---- a/src/plugins/intel_gpu/src/graph/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/src/plugins/intel_gpu/src/graph/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ ov_add_target(
-     ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-     EXCLUDED_SOURCE_PATHS
-         ${EXCLUDE_PATHS}
--    OBJECT_FILES
--        ${OBJ_FILES}
-     INCLUDES
-         PUBLIC
-             ${COMMON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-@@ -139,3 +137,20 @@ ov_set_threading_interface_for(${TARGET_NAME})
- set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION_RELEASE ${ENABLE_LTO})
- 
- ov_install_static_lib(${TARGET_NAME} ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CORE})
-+
-+
-+# Link all object files from ./impls/* into a different library to avoid giant files
-+
-+add_library(${TARGET_NAME}_impls STATIC ${OBJ_FILES})
-+
-+target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME}_impls PUBLIC ${COMMON_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${EXTRA_LINK_LIBRARIES} openvino::reference)
-+
-+add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME}_impls run_codegen_test)
-+
-+target_compile_options(${TARGET_NAME}_impls PRIVATE ${COMMON_COMPILE_OPTIONS})
-+
-+ov_set_threading_interface_for(${TARGET_NAME}_impls)
-+
-+set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME}_impls PROPERTIES INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION_RELEASE ${ENABLE_LTO})
-+
-+ov_install_static_lib(${TARGET_NAME}_impls ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CORE})
-diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_gpu/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/intel_gpu/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt
-index 09f95d298a..3b3685875b 100644
---- a/src/plugins/intel_gpu/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/src/plugins/intel_gpu/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ endif()
- set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION_RELEASE ${ENABLE_LTO})
- 
- target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE openvino_intel_gpu_graph
-+                                             openvino_intel_gpu_graph_impls
-                                              OpenCL::OpenCL
-                                              gtest
-                                              gtest_main
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 6b95843250..2c1c9a8600 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -7334,7 +7334,7 @@
     },
     "openvino": {
       "baseline": "2026.0.0",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "openvpn3": {
       "baseline": "3.10",
diff --git a/versions/o-/openvino.json b/versions/o-/openvino.json
index 8d9c476be4..ecb1a7a2d1 100644
--- a/versions/o-/openvino.json
+++ b/versions/o-/openvino.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "4155b58ea06eda39584e3d35a37fbceec289bdb5",
+      "version": "2026.0.0",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "6373049880cd0ffb4ec7ac796e9a1c59f2e2ccd0",
       "version": "2026.0.0",