diff --git a/pxr/imaging/hdSt/renderBuffer.cpp b/pxr/imaging/hdSt/renderBuffer.cpp
index 3f25575388..9ac83ada0d 100644
--- a/pxr/imaging/hdSt/renderBuffer.cpp
+++ b/pxr/imaging/hdSt/renderBuffer.cpp
@@ -23,13 +23,12 @@ HgiTextureUsage _GetTextureUsage(HdFormat format, TfToken const &name)
     // We are assuming at some point in a render buffer's lifetime it could be
     // used to read from, so provide that ability to the render buffer. This is 
     // especially useful for the HgiVulkan backend.
-
-    if (HdAovHasDepthSemantic(name)) {
-        return HgiTextureUsageBitsDepthTarget | HgiTextureUsageBitsShaderRead;
-    } else if (HdAovHasDepthStencilSemantic(name)) {
+    if (HdAovHasDepthStencilSemantic(name)) {
         return HgiTextureUsageBitsDepthTarget |
-               HgiTextureUsageBitsStencilTarget |
-               HgiTextureUsageBitsShaderRead;
+            HgiTextureUsageBitsStencilTarget |
+            HgiTextureUsageBitsShaderRead;
+    } else if (HdAovHasDepthSemantic(name)) {
+        return HgiTextureUsageBitsDepthTarget | HgiTextureUsageBitsShaderRead;
     }
 
     return HgiTextureUsageBitsColorTarget | HgiTextureUsageBitsShaderRead;
diff --git a/pxr/imaging/hdSt/renderDelegate.cpp b/pxr/imaging/hdSt/renderDelegate.cpp
index d35c0cf1c1..1e308304d1 100644
--- a/pxr/imaging/hdSt/renderDelegate.cpp
+++ b/pxr/imaging/hdSt/renderDelegate.cpp
@@ -312,13 +312,13 @@ HdStRenderDelegate::GetDefaultAovDescriptor(TfToken const& name) const
     if (name == HdAovTokens->color) {
         return HdAovDescriptor(
                 HdFormatFloat16Vec4, colorDepthMSAA, VtValue(GfVec4f(0)));
+    } else if (HdAovHasDepthStencilSemantic(name)) {
+        return HdAovDescriptor(
+            HdFormatFloat32UInt8, colorDepthMSAA,
+            VtValue(HdDepthStencilType(1.0f, 0)));
     } else if (HdAovHasDepthSemantic(name)) {
         return HdAovDescriptor(
                 HdFormatFloat32, colorDepthMSAA, VtValue(1.0f));
-    } else if (HdAovHasDepthStencilSemantic(name)) {
-        return HdAovDescriptor(
-                HdFormatFloat32UInt8, colorDepthMSAA,
-                VtValue(HdDepthStencilType(1.0f, 0)));
     } else if (_AovHasIdSemantic(name)) {
         return HdAovDescriptor(
                 HdFormatInt32, colorDepthMSAA, VtValue(-1));
diff --git a/pxr/imaging/hdx/pickTask.cpp b/pxr/imaging/hdx/pickTask.cpp
index fb2be8b08f..ee87557a90 100644
--- a/pxr/imaging/hdx/pickTask.cpp
+++ b/pxr/imaging/hdx/pickTask.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ HdxPickTask::_CreateAovBindings()
             _GetAovPath(_tokens->widgetDepthStencil));
 
         HdAovDescriptor depthDesc = renderDelegate->GetDefaultAovDescriptor(
-            HdAovTokens->depth);
+            _depthToken);
 
         _widgetAovBindings = _pickableAovBindings;
         for (auto& binding : _widgetAovBindings) {
diff --git a/pxr/imaging/hgiVulkan/conversions.cpp b/pxr/imaging/hgiVulkan/conversions.cpp
index 329fa0110b..a2a63d4f41 100644
--- a/pxr/imaging/hgiVulkan/conversions.cpp
+++ b/pxr/imaging/hgiVulkan/conversions.cpp
@@ -375,8 +375,12 @@ HgiVulkanConversions::GetFormat(HgiFormat inFormat, bool depthFormat)
 
     // Special case for float32 depth format not properly handled by
     // _FormatTable
-    if (depthFormat && inFormat == HgiFormatFloat32) {
-        vkFormat = VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT;
+    if (depthFormat) {
+        if (inFormat == HgiFormatFloat32) {
+            vkFormat = VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT;
+        } else if (inFormat == HgiFormatFloat32UInt8) {
+            vkFormat = VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT_S8_UINT;
+        }
     }
 
     return vkFormat;
diff --git a/pxr/imaging/hgiVulkan/texture.cpp b/pxr/imaging/hgiVulkan/texture.cpp
index 0b25e6618f..888f01bfdc 100644
--- a/pxr/imaging/hgiVulkan/texture.cpp
+++ b/pxr/imaging/hgiVulkan/texture.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ HgiVulkanTexture::HgiVulkanTexture(
 {
     GfVec3i const& dimensions = desc.dimensions;
     bool const isDepthBuffer = desc.usage & HgiTextureUsageBitsDepthTarget;
+    bool const isStencilBuffer = desc.usage & HgiTextureUsageBitsStencilTarget;
 
     //
     // Gather image create info
@@ -152,11 +153,14 @@ HgiVulkanTexture::HgiVulkanTexture(
     // that can be accessed through this image view.
     // It's possible to create multiple image views for a single image
     // referring to different (and/or overlapping) ranges of the image.
-    // A 'view' must be either depth or stencil, not both, especially when used
-    // in a descriptor set. For now we assume we always want the 'depth' aspect.
-    view.subresourceRange.aspectMask = isDepthBuffer ?
-        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT /*| VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT*/ :
-        VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT;
+    if (isDepthBuffer) {
+        view.subresourceRange.aspectMask = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT;
+        if (isStencilBuffer) {
+            view.subresourceRange.aspectMask |= VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT;
+        }
+    } else {
+        view.subresourceRange.aspectMask = VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT;
+    }
 
     view.subresourceRange.baseMipLevel = 0;
     view.subresourceRange.baseArrayLayer = 0;