diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/api/lib_rendersettings.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/api/lib_rendersettings.py
index c56d4aa903..91dde16db3 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/api/lib_rendersettings.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/api/lib_rendersettings.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import six
 import sys
 
 from openpype.lib import Logger
-from openpype.api import (
+from openpype.settings import (
     get_project_settings,
     get_current_project_settings
 )
diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index 777a0bccb2..3b03bbe2dd 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 {
-    "mel_workspace": "workspace -fr \"shaders\" \"renderData/shaders\";\nworkspace -fr \"images\" \"renders\";\nworkspace -fr \"particles\" \"particles\";\nworkspace -fr \"mayaAscii\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"mayaBinary\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"scene\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"alembicCache\" \"cache/alembic\";\nworkspace -fr \"renderData\" \"renderData\";\nworkspace -fr \"sourceImages\" \"sourceimages\";\nworkspace -fr \"fileCache\" \"cache/nCache\";\n",
+    "imageio": {
+        "colorManagementPreference_v2": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "configFilePath": {
+                "windows": [],
+                "darwin": [],
+                "linux": []
+            },
+            "renderSpace": "ACEScg",
+            "displayName": "sRGB",
+            "viewName": "ACES 1.0 SDR-video"
+        },
+        "colorManagementPreference": {
+            "configFilePath": {
+                "windows": [],
+                "darwin": [],
+                "linux": []
+            },
+            "renderSpace": "scene-linear Rec 709/sRGB",
+            "viewTransform": "sRGB gamma"
+        }
+    },
+    "mel_workspace": "workspace -fr \"shaders\" \"renderData/shaders\";\nworkspace -fr \"images\" \"renders/maya\";\nworkspace -fr \"particles\" \"particles\";\nworkspace -fr \"mayaAscii\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"mayaBinary\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"scene\" \"\";\nworkspace -fr \"alembicCache\" \"cache/alembic\";\nworkspace -fr \"renderData\" \"renderData\";\nworkspace -fr \"sourceImages\" \"sourceimages\";\nworkspace -fr \"fileCache\" \"cache/nCache\";\n",
     "ext_mapping": {
         "model": "ma",
         "mayaAscii": "ma",
@@ -34,12 +56,12 @@
     },
     "RenderSettings": {
         "apply_render_settings": true,
-        "default_render_image_folder": "renders",
-        "enable_all_lights": false,
+        "default_render_image_folder": "renders/maya",
+        "enable_all_lights": true,
         "aov_separator": "underscore",
         "reset_current_frame": false,
         "arnold_renderer": {
-            "image_prefix": "maya/<Scene>/<RenderLayer>/<RenderLayer>_<RenderPass>",
+            "image_prefix": "<Scene>/<RenderLayer>/<RenderLayer>_<RenderPass>",
             "image_format": "exr",
             "multilayer_exr": true,
             "tiled": true,
@@ -47,14 +69,14 @@
             "additional_options": []
         },
         "vray_renderer": {
-            "image_prefix": "maya/<scene>/<Layer>/<Layer>",
+            "image_prefix": "<scene>/<Layer>/<Layer>",
             "engine": "1",
             "image_format": "exr",
             "aov_list": [],
             "additional_options": []
         },
         "redshift_renderer": {
-            "image_prefix": "maya/<Scene>/<RenderLayer>/<RenderLayer>",
+            "image_prefix": "<Scene>/<RenderLayer>/<RenderLayer>",
             "primary_gi_engine": "0",
             "secondary_gi_engine": "0",
             "image_format": "exr",
@@ -64,7 +86,7 @@
             "additional_options": []
         },
         "renderman_renderer": {
-            "image_prefix": "maya/<Scene>/<layer>/<layer>{aov_separator}<aov>",
+            "image_prefix": "<Scene>/<layer>/<layer>{aov_separator}<aov>",
             "display_filters": [],
             "sample_filters": [],
             "additional_options": []
@@ -110,13 +132,25 @@
         "CreateAnimation": {
             "enabled": true,
             "write_color_sets": false,
+            "write_face_sets": false,
             "defaults": [
                 "Main"
             ]
         },
+        "CreateModel": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "write_color_sets": false,
+            "write_face_sets": false,
+            "defaults": [
+                "Main",
+                "Proxy",
+                "Sculpt"
+            ]
+        },
         "CreatePointCache": {
             "enabled": true,
             "write_color_sets": false,
+            "write_face_sets": false,
             "defaults": [
                 "Main"
             ]
@@ -169,14 +203,6 @@
                 "Main"
             ]
         },
-        "CreateModel": {
-            "enabled": true,
-            "defaults": [
-                "Main",
-                "Proxy",
-                "Sculpt"
-            ]
-        },
         "CreateRenderSetup": {
             "enabled": true,
             "defaults": [
@@ -557,6 +583,10 @@
                 "vrayproxy"
             ]
         },
+        "ExtractObj": {
+            "enabled": false,
+            "optional": true
+        },
         "ValidateRigContents": {
             "enabled": false,
             "optional": true,
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json
index d7a2b086d9..b2d79797a3 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json
@@ -5,6 +5,76 @@
     "label": "Maya",
     "is_file": true,
     "children": [
+        {
+            "key": "imageio",
+            "type": "dict",
+            "label": "Color Management (ImageIO)",
+            "collapsible": true,
+            "is_group": true,
+            "children": [
+                {
+                    "key": "colorManagementPreference_v2",
+                    "type": "dict",
+                    "label": "Color Management Preference v2 (Maya 2022+)",
+                    "collapsible": true,
+                    "checkbox_key": "enabled",
+                    "children": [
+                        {
+                            "type": "boolean",
+                            "key": "enabled",
+                            "label": "Use Color Management Preference v2"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "path",
+                            "key": "configFilePath",
+                            "label": "OCIO Config File Path",
+                            "multiplatform": true,
+                            "multipath": true
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "text",
+                            "key": "renderSpace",
+                            "label": "Rendering Space"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "text",
+                            "key": "displayName",
+                            "label": "Display"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "text",
+                            "key": "viewName",
+                            "label": "View"
+                        }
+                    ]
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "colorManagementPreference",
+                    "type": "dict",
+                    "label": "Color Management Preference (legacy)",
+                    "collapsible": true,
+                    "children": [
+                        {
+                            "type": "path",
+                            "key": "configFilePath",
+                            "label": "OCIO Config File Path",
+                            "multiplatform": true,
+                            "multipath": true
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "text",
+                            "key": "renderSpace",
+                            "label": "Rendering Space"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "text",
+                            "key": "viewTransform",
+                            "label": "Viewer Transform"
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "type": "text",
             "multiline" : true,