diff --git a/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_local_render_instances.py b/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_local_render_instances.py
index 4a2396c02c..3ba54d2f38 100644
--- a/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_local_render_instances.py
+++ b/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_local_render_instances.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import os
+import warnings
 import pyblish.api
-from ayon_core.pipeline.create import get_product_name
 from ayon_core.pipeline.farm.patterning import match_aov_pattern
+from ayon_core.pipeline.farm.pyblish_functions import (
+    get_product_name_and_group_from_template,
+    _get_legacy_product_name_and_group
+)
 from ayon_core.pipeline.publish import (
     get_plugin_settings,
     apply_plugin_settings_automatically,
@@ -75,14 +79,6 @@ def process(self, instance):
         expected_files = next(iter(instance.data["expectedFiles"]), {})
 
         product_type = "render"  # is always render
-        product_group = get_product_name(
-            context.data["projectName"],
-            context.data["taskEntity"]["name"],
-            context.data["taskEntity"]["taskType"],
-            context.data["hostName"],
-            product_type,
-            instance.data["productName"]
-        )
 
         # NOTE: The assumption that the output image's colorspace is the
         #   scene linear role may be incorrect. Certain renderers, like
@@ -92,11 +88,20 @@ def process(self, instance):
         #   majority of production scenarios these would not be overridden.
         # TODO: Support renderer-specific explicit colorspace overrides
         colorspace = get_scene_linear_colorspace()
-        for aov_name, aov_filepaths in expected_files.items():
-            product_name = product_group
 
+        for aov_name, aov_filepaths in expected_files.items():
+            dynamic_data = {}
             if aov_name:
-                product_name = "{}_{}".format(product_name, aov_name)
+                dynamic_data["aov"] = aov_name
+                
+            if instance.data.get("renderlayer"):
+                dynamic_data["renderlayer"] = instance.data["renderlayer"]
+
+            product_name, product_group = self._get_product_name_and_group(
+                instance,
+                product_type,
+                dynamic_data
+            )
 
             # Create instance for each AOV
             aov_instance = context.create_instance(product_name)
@@ -164,3 +169,51 @@ def process(self, instance):
         # Skip integrating original render instance.
         # We are not removing it because it's used to trigger the render.
         instance.data["integrate"] = False
+
+    def _get_product_name_and_group(self, instance, product_type, dynamic_data):
+        """Get product name and group
+        
+        This method matches the logic in farm that gets
+         `product_name` and `group_name` respecting
+         `use_legacy_product_names_for_renders` logic in core settings.
+
+        Args:
+            instance (pyblish.api.Instance): The instance to publish.
+            product_type (str): Product type.
+            dynamic_data (dict): Dynamic data (camera, aov, ...)
+
+        Returns:
+            tuple (str, str): product name and group name
+
+        """
+
+        project_settings = instance.context.data.get("project_settings")
+
+        use_legacy_product_name = True
+        try:
+            use_legacy_product_name = project_settings["core"]["tools"]["creator"]["use_legacy_product_names_for_renders"]  # noqa: E501
+        except KeyError:
+            warnings.warn(
+                ("use_legacy_for_renders not found in project settings. "
+                 "Using legacy product name for renders. Please update "
+                 "your ayon-core version."), DeprecationWarning)
+            use_legacy_product_name = True
+
+        if use_legacy_product_name:
+            product_name, group_name = _get_legacy_product_name_and_group(
+                product_type=product_type,
+                source_product_name=instance.data["productName"],
+                task_name=instance.data["task"],
+                dynamic_data=dynamic_data)
+
+        else:
+            product_name, group_name = get_product_name_and_group_from_template(
+                project_name=instance.context.data["projectName"],
+                task_entity=instance.context.data["taskEntity"],
+                host_name=instance.context.data["hostName"],
+                product_type=product_type,
+                variant=instance.data["productName"],
+                dynamic_data=dynamic_data
+            )
+
+        return product_name, group_name
diff --git a/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_renderlayer.py b/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_renderlayer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e2dddf534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_renderlayer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""Collect Render layer name from ROP.
+
+This simple collector will take name of the ROP node and set it as the render
+layer name for the instance.
+
+This aligns with the behavior of Maya and possibly others, even though there
+is nothing like render layer explicitly in Houdini.
+
+"""
+import hou
+import pyblish.api
+from ayon_houdini.api import plugin
+
+
+class CollectRendelayerFromROP(plugin.HoudiniInstancePlugin):
+    label = "Collect Render layer name from ROP"
+    order = pyblish.api.CollectorOrder - 0.499
+    families = ["mantra_rop",
+                "karma_rop",
+                "redshift_rop",
+                "arnold_rop",
+                "vray_rop",
+                "usdrender"]
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        rop = hou.node(instance.data.get("instance_node"))
+        instance.data["renderlayer"] = rop.name()
diff --git a/package.py b/package.py
index 29459454f7..f64e1bc7cf 100644
--- a/package.py
+++ b/package.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 client_dir = "ayon_houdini"
 
 ayon_required_addons = {
-    "core": ">0.4.1",
+    "core": ">=0.4.4",
 }
 ayon_compatible_addons = {}