diff --git a/ports/halide/portfile.cmake b/ports/halide/portfile.cmake
index 5065420e46..990096e1f5 100644
--- a/ports/halide/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/halide/portfile.cmake
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY)
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO halide/Halide
-    REF 8864e8ac1c0bb460f0034e9c46f7f944afad3a19 # unreleased version with LLVM 18 support
+    REF "${VERSION}"
     SHA512 286cbef25b5cc0f5095cbc80a2fd1cacf369948c58c14406ac6bcc28a7a37c81417d601975083f03670e22276a1886b8801bdc91aa6fe80049a276a1c8fd08b9
     HEAD_REF main
 )
diff --git a/ports/halide/vcpkg.json b/ports/halide/vcpkg.json
index 70e2f528d8..1c9d6470c1 100644
--- a/ports/halide/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/halide/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "halide",
-  "version": "17.0.1",
-  "port-version": 1,
+  "version": "18.0.0",
   "description": "Halide is a programming language designed to make it easier to write high-performance image and array processing code on modern machines.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/halide/Halide",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 5faac748c3..eaa2bd9278 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -3413,8 +3413,8 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "halide": {
-      "baseline": "17.0.1",
-      "port-version": 1
+      "baseline": "18.0.0",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "happly": {
       "baseline": "2021-03-19",
diff --git a/versions/h-/halide.json b/versions/h-/halide.json
index 770d70204b..5d0593ff1f 100644
--- a/versions/h-/halide.json
+++ b/versions/h-/halide.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "ef0d66c94e06585d576e942fbd63e7a32bfa7e54",
+      "version": "18.0.0",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "cdced195e1ecb05af078e7d0ba4ba58106397330",
       "version": "17.0.1",