diff --git a/ports/highfive/CONTROL b/ports/highfive/CONTROL
index b82598048..af4df7993 100644
--- a/ports/highfive/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/highfive/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: highfive
-Version: 1.5-1
+Version: 2.0
 Description: HighFive is a modern C++/C++11 friendly interface for libhdf5
 Build-Depends: hdf5
diff --git a/ports/highfive/portfile.cmake b/ports/highfive/portfile.cmake
index b0fe41e73..ed88a45c9 100644
--- a/ports/highfive/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/highfive/portfile.cmake
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO BlueBrain/HighFive
-    REF v1.5
-    SHA512 4133ec2768f54cb3e56c32f3193d6c61ea96013dc73901c39d31ecaf10b04ea2861b0f6f5c9795985050ef72a75e2d360a4b906c9cdeb8ee49309961e15d39bf
+    REF v2.0
+    SHA512 d6bc38ae421adfa3cb9ee761ec92819bebe385cb100a8227bd9ff436cd7ae31725a96264a7963cfe5ce806cdd3b7978a8a630e9312c1567f6df6029062c6b8a0
     HEAD_REF master
 )
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ vcpkg_install_cmake()
 vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets(CONFIG_PATH share/HighFive/CMake)
 
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug)
-if(NOT WIN32)
+if(NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE)
   file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/HighFive)
 endif()