diff --git a/ports/usockets/portfile.cmake b/ports/usockets/portfile.cmake
index 25c784117d6..0dbbdadf091 100644
--- a/ports/usockets/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/usockets/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+vcpkg_minimum_required(VERSION 2022-10-12) # for ${VERSION}
+vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_STATIC_LIBRARY) #Upstream only support static compilation: https://github.com/uNetworking/uSockets/commit/b950efd6b10f06dd3ecb5b692e5d415f48474647
+
 if(NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_LINUX)
    set(USE_LIBUV ON)
 endif()
@@ -9,8 +12,8 @@ endif()
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO uNetworking/uSockets
-    REF 760a0243c77272df2225fcd50acfc0b1d7ffff0d  #v0.8.3
-    SHA512 23b79d11ebdfc1578fd5234246ba39d5c191c4bc3c32b62cd6c18aabc160bf0033829809451f28bfb911eedde1ccd71182d4af6884eb15949dbfacda4cded259
+    REF "v${VERSION}"
+    SHA512 89aadb2d077f58e5450ff62e685b894925113cedfa15cda03a9331fb9adcedcdd2f5fd51a8eae0719143566bef89c658bd75a2553282479d20b40c1d3042d273
     HEAD_REF master
 )
 
@@ -34,6 +37,6 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
 
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
 
-file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE")
 
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
diff --git a/ports/usockets/vcpkg.json b/ports/usockets/vcpkg.json
index 9a5eb2d6051..ec2d4cc3637 100644
--- a/ports/usockets/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/usockets/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "usockets",
-  "version": "0.8.3",
+  "version": "0.8.5",
   "description": "Miniscule cross-platform eventing, networking & crypto for async applications",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/uNetworking/uSockets",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
       "host": true
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
-      "host": true
     }
   ],
   "features": {
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index c91c1b812ff..00cf044b087 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -7837,7 +7837,7 @@
       "port-version": 4
     },
     "usockets": {
-      "baseline": "0.8.3",
+      "baseline": "0.8.5",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "usrsctp": {
diff --git a/versions/u-/usockets.json b/versions/u-/usockets.json
index 4ed21a202d9..2cbf659aeb3 100644
--- a/versions/u-/usockets.json
+++ b/versions/u-/usockets.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "79d76cd232129419d6e9e3afdc6ba689f4c00bf7",
+      "version": "0.8.5",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "7738ec8a752614f52d6c117bb28b4d4588e43756",
       "version": "0.8.3",