Two independent mol-ecules are present in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(12)H(10)N(2)O, in which the 3-hy-droxy-benzaldehyde and the pyridin-3-amine units are almost planar [r.m.s. deviations of 0.0236 and 0.0116Å, respectively, in one mol-ecule and 0.0245 and 0.0162Å, respectively, in the other] and are oriented at dihedral angles of 7.21 (7) and 14.77 (7)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules of the same type form inversion dimers via pairs of O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming R(2) (2)(20) ring motifs. There exist π-π inter-actions between the benzene and pyridine rings of molecules of the same type with centroid-centroid distances of 3.7127 (10) and 3.8439 (10) Å.