diff --git a/ports/python3/portfile.cmake b/ports/python3/portfile.cmake
index 2765b6a196d..06900840802 100644
--- a/ports/python3/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/python3/portfile.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ endif()
 
 set(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR  3)
 set(PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR  9)
-set(PYTHON_VERSION_PATCH  6)
+set(PYTHON_VERSION_PATCH  7)
 set(PYTHON_VERSION        ${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_PATCH})
 
 set(PATCHES
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO python/cpython
     REF v${PYTHON_VERSION}
-    SHA512 a484de98044d180c3494ccf199f146516650cf7bc917b7d4a85f1e9b42b3938c2540f82298cb3f59332ae41c927e2335b4d91265de3496db4a14693a25a6a772
+    SHA512 05de4e485fb6f5f21e4e48fb4d7ec0e9a420fab243cba08663e52b8062f86df3e4f57b8afd49ad94d363ca0972ab85efe132b980a7f84188c82814b6df0ba191
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES ${PATCHES}
 )
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS OR VCPKG_TARGET_IS_UWP)
     find_library(ZLIB_RELEASE NAMES zlib PATHS "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
     find_library(ZLIB_DEBUG NAMES zlib zlibd PATHS "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/debug/lib" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 
-    configure_file(${SOURCE_PATH}/PC/pyconfig.h ${SOURCE_PATH}/PC/pyconfig.h)
-    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/python_vcpkg.props.in ${SOURCE_PATH}/PCbuild/python_vcpkg.props)
-    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/openssl.props.in ${SOURCE_PATH}/PCbuild/openssl.props)
-    file(WRITE ${SOURCE_PATH}/PCbuild/libffi.props
+    configure_file("${SOURCE_PATH}/PC/pyconfig.h" "${SOURCE_PATH}/PC/pyconfig.h")
+    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/python_vcpkg.props.in" "${SOURCE_PATH}/PCbuild/python_vcpkg.props")
+    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/openssl.props.in" "${SOURCE_PATH}/PCbuild/openssl.props")
+    file(WRITE "${SOURCE_PATH}/PCbuild/libffi.props"
         "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
         <Project xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003' />"
     )
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS OR VCPKG_TARGET_IS_UWP)
     endif()
 
     vcpkg_install_msbuild(
-        SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+        SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
         PROJECT_SUBPATH "PCbuild/pcbuild.proj"
         OPTIONS ${OPTIONS}
         LICENSE_SUBPATH "LICENSE"
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ else()
     endif()
 
     vcpkg_configure_make(
-        SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+        SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
         OPTIONS ${OPTIONS}
         OPTIONS_DEBUG "--with-pydebug"
     )
diff --git a/ports/python3/vcpkg.json b/ports/python3/vcpkg.json
index 84aec1b9a3a..5803414a87d 100644
--- a/ports/python3/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/python3/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "python3",
-  "version-semver": "3.9.6",
+  "version-semver": "3.9.7",
   "description": "The Python programming language",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/python/cpython",
   "supports": "!(arm | uwp)",
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@
       "name": "sqlite3",
       "platform": "!(windows & static)"
     },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
+    },
     "zlib"
   ],
   "features": {
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
index 7740f5dec3f..a75e3c6be81 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
@@ -149,17 +149,17 @@ function(vcpkg_find_acquire_program VAR)
   elseif(VAR MATCHES "PYTHON3")
     if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
       set(PROGNAME python)
-      set(PYTHON_VERSION 3.9.6)
+      set(PYTHON_VERSION 3.9.7)
       if (VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL x86)
         set(SUBDIR "python-${PYTHON_VERSION}-x86")
         set(URL "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/python-${PYTHON_VERSION}-embed-win32.zip")
         set(ARCHIVE "python-${PYTHON_VERSION}-embed-win32.zip")
-        set(HASH 4b2a0670094e639dcb2b762a02de8cdadd0af3657c463d9ff45af2541c0306496b991ae5402f119443ca891e918685bb57d18f13975f0493d349d864ff3e3a2c)
+        set(HASH 5f12f693c6df68b75f96b797740a156f2dcd471e96e7980a6e297bbfd064467ba2b2cc9d2f450296388402a8a0b716fce1c4a25b94b50615503d528e33fea870)
       else()
         set(SUBDIR "python-${PYTHON_VERSION}-x64")
         set(URL "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/python-${PYTHON_VERSION}-embed-amd64.zip")
         set(ARCHIVE "python-${PYTHON_VERSION}-embed-amd64.zip")
-        set(HASH f8946471ed7dbc8cbffc72298f99330794b127ce6aa60abc87e80b31bd26099a2f637db85af88ce78c06dcf6e19064184ef3768edf4b1a0f97c25898e379d121)
+        set(HASH 482765de165863f86637591d57141930e2c4ca6e210d0c2569bd0e5fe63157966fb44dea0d5adf249ff15ec9c50cb2dddb704c4ea79369d598f348ee5406f160)
       endif()
       set(PATHS ${DOWNLOADS}/tools/python/${SUBDIR})
       set(POST_INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rm python39._pth)
diff --git a/scripts/vcpkgTools.xml b/scripts/vcpkgTools.xml
index ea5c221d99f..fc07adeb512 100644
--- a/scripts/vcpkgTools.xml
+++ b/scripts/vcpkgTools.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <tools version="2">
     <tool name="python3" os="windows">
-        <version>3.9.6</version>
+        <version>3.9.7</version>
         <exeRelativePath>python.exe</exeRelativePath>
-        <url>https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.6/python-3.9.6-embed-win32.zip</url>
-        <sha512>4b2a0670094e639dcb2b762a02de8cdadd0af3657c463d9ff45af2541c0306496b991ae5402f119443ca891e918685bb57d18f13975f0493d349d864ff3e3a2c</sha512>
-        <archiveName>python-3.9.6-embed-win32.zip</archiveName>
+        <url>https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.7/python-3.9.7-embed-win32.zip</url>
+        <sha512>5f12f693c6df68b75f96b797740a156f2dcd471e96e7980a6e297bbfd064467ba2b2cc9d2f450296388402a8a0b716fce1c4a25b94b50615503d528e33fea870</sha512>
+        <archiveName>python-3.9.7-embed-win32.zip</archiveName>
     </tool>
     <tool name="cmake" os="windows">
         <version>3.21.1</version>
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index c848cb73407..79447f57aed 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -5225,7 +5225,7 @@
       "port-version": 1
     },
     "python3": {
-      "baseline": "3.9.6",
+      "baseline": "3.9.7",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "qca": {
diff --git a/versions/p-/python3.json b/versions/p-/python3.json
index 6b75aa7fcf7..34194e0abba 100644
--- a/versions/p-/python3.json
+++ b/versions/p-/python3.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "b3a545b39c982b7f0a12891765dd9909e364ebc6",
+      "version-semver": "3.9.7",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "0628d684afd26b15be6a1a6bb162e56744a442a7",
       "version-semver": "3.9.6",