diff --git a/ports/jsoncpp/cmake-target.diff b/ports/jsoncpp/cmake-target.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cc429baac..0000000000
--- a/ports/jsoncpp/cmake-target.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/jsoncpp-namespaced-targets.cmake b/jsoncpp-namespaced-targets.cmake
-index ac1504e..144f086 100644
---- a/jsoncpp-namespaced-targets.cmake
-+++ b/jsoncpp-namespaced-targets.cmake
-@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-+if (NOT TARGET JsonCpp::JsonCpp)
- if (TARGET jsoncpp_static)
-     add_library(JsonCpp::JsonCpp INTERFACE IMPORTED)
-     set_target_properties(JsonCpp::JsonCpp PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "jsoncpp_static")
- elseif (TARGET jsoncpp_lib)
-     add_library(JsonCpp::JsonCpp INTERFACE IMPORTED)
-     set_target_properties(JsonCpp::JsonCpp PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "jsoncpp_lib")
-+endif ()
- endif ()
-\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ports/jsoncpp/portfile.cmake b/ports/jsoncpp/portfile.cmake
index 94e0a13b3d..f70f97894c 100644
--- a/ports/jsoncpp/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/jsoncpp/portfile.cmake
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO open-source-parsers/jsoncpp
     REF "${VERSION}"
-    SHA512 1d06e044759b1e1a4cc4960189dd7e001a0a4389d7239a6d59295af995a553518e4e0337b4b4b817e70da5d9731a4c98655af90791b6287870b5ff8d73ad8873
+    SHA512 006d81f9f723dcfe875ebc2147449c07c5246bf97dd7b9eee1909decc914b051d6f3f06feb5c3dfa143d28773fb310aabb04a81dc447cc61513309df8eba8b08
     HEAD_REF master
-    PATCHES
-        cmake-target.diff
 )
 
 string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "static" JSONCPP_STATIC)
diff --git a/ports/jsoncpp/vcpkg.json b/ports/jsoncpp/vcpkg.json
index d44438c1aa..4ca5d1fee6 100644
--- a/ports/jsoncpp/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/jsoncpp/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jsoncpp",
-  "version": "1.9.5",
-  "port-version": 5,
+  "version": "1.9.6",
   "description": "JsonCpp is a C++ library that allows manipulating JSON values, including serialization and deserialization to and from strings. It can also preserve existing comment in unserialization/serialization steps, making it a convenient format to store user input files.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index d207693a9b..0c15d5b396 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -3869,8 +3869,8 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "jsoncpp": {
-      "baseline": "1.9.5",
-      "port-version": 5
+      "baseline": "1.9.6",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "jsonifier": {
       "baseline": "0.9.96",
diff --git a/versions/j-/jsoncpp.json b/versions/j-/jsoncpp.json
index fcdb89a903..94ca8e83ff 100644
--- a/versions/j-/jsoncpp.json
+++ b/versions/j-/jsoncpp.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "dde49ad9d554fd5f062c0c1deea6e54b6fdb35b2",
+      "version": "1.9.6",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "176576512ab0d4bb4093ae4f404535a594a1a201",
       "version": "1.9.5",