diff --git a/ports/curl/0023-fix-find-cares.patch b/ports/curl/0023-fix-find-cares.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4aa11acfa1c6e7..00000000000000
--- a/ports/curl/0023-fix-find-cares.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMake/curl-config.cmake.in b/CMake/curl-config.cmake.in
-index 496a92d0e..564415ef6 100644
---- a/CMake/curl-config.cmake.in
-+++ b/CMake/curl-config.cmake.in
-@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ endif()
- if(@USE_ZLIB@)
-   find_dependency(ZLIB @ZLIB_VERSION_MAJOR@)
- endif()
-+if(@USE_ARES@)
-+  find_dependency(c-ares)
-+endif()
- 
- include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@TARGETS_EXPORT_NAME@.cmake")
- check_required_components("@PROJECT_NAME@")
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index b43520751..dbf62751f 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ set(CURL_LIBS "")
- 
- if(ENABLE_ARES)
-   set(USE_ARES 1)
--  find_package(CARES REQUIRED)
--  list(APPEND CURL_LIBS ${CARES_LIBRARY})
-+  find_package(c-ares CONFIG REQUIRED)
-+  list(APPEND CURL_LIBS c-ares::cares)
- endif()
- 
- include(CurlSymbolHiding)
diff --git a/ports/curl/cmake-project-include.cmake b/ports/curl/cmake-project-include.cmake
index 27254864c20ce2..c43df547fc8f5d 100644
--- a/ports/curl/cmake-project-include.cmake
+++ b/ports/curl/cmake-project-include.cmake
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function(vcpkg_curl_flatten input output)
     list(REMOVE_AT input_libs 0)
     while(input_libs)
         list(POP_BACK input_libs lib)
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "^.<LINK_ONLY:(.*)>\$" "\\1" lib "${lib}")
         if(TARGET "${lib}")
             set(import_lib "")
             set(import_location "")
@@ -69,13 +70,6 @@ function(vcpkg_curl_flatten input output)
     set("${output}" "${output_libs}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
-if(CURL_USE_LIBSSH2)
-    find_package(Libssh2 CONFIG REQUIRED)
-    set(LIBSSH2_FOUND TRUE)
-    get_target_property(LIBSSH2_INCLUDE_DIR Libssh2::libssh2 INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
-    set(LIBSSH2_LIBRARY Libssh2::libssh2)
-endif()
-
 if(USE_LIBIDN2)
     find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
     pkg_check_modules(LIBIDN2 REQUIRED libidn2)
diff --git a/ports/curl/dependencies.patch b/ports/curl/dependencies.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8999a367e8bbaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/curl/dependencies.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+diff --git a/CMake/curl-config.cmake.in b/CMake/curl-config.cmake.in
+index dbe4ed2..267108e 100644
+--- a/CMake/curl-config.cmake.in
++++ b/CMake/curl-config.cmake.in
+@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ endif()
+ if(@USE_ZLIB@)
+   find_dependency(ZLIB @ZLIB_VERSION_MAJOR@)
+ endif()
++if("@USE_ARES@")
++  find_dependency(c-ares CONFIG)
++endif()
++if("@USE_LIBSSH2@")
++  find_dependency(Libssh2 CONFIG)
++endif()
++if("@HAVE_BROTLI@")
++    find_dependency(unofficial-brotli CONFIG)
++endif()
+ 
+ include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@TARGETS_EXPORT_NAME@.cmake")
+ check_required_components("@PROJECT_NAME@")
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 42c9ae4..8c42d91 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ set(CURL_LIBS "")
+ 
+ if(ENABLE_ARES)
+   set(USE_ARES 1)
+-  find_package(CARES REQUIRED)
++  find_package(CARES NAMES c-ares CONFIG REQUIRED)
++  set(CARES_LIBRARY c-ares::cares)
+   list(APPEND CURL_LIBS ${CARES_LIBRARY})
+ endif()
+ 
+@@ -522,7 +523,9 @@ endif()
+ option(CURL_BROTLI "Set to ON to enable building curl with brotli support." OFF)
+ set(HAVE_BROTLI OFF)
+ if(CURL_BROTLI)
+-  find_package(Brotli QUIET)
++  find_package(BROTLI NAMES unofficial-brotli REQUIRED)
++  set(BROTLI_INCLUDE_DIRS "")
++  set(BROTLI_LIBRARIES "unofficial::brotli::brotlidec")
+   if(BROTLI_FOUND)
+     set(HAVE_BROTLI ON)
+     set(CURL_LIBS "${BROTLI_LIBRARIES};${CURL_LIBS}")  # For 'ld' linker. Emulate `list(PREPEND ...)` to stay compatible with <v3.15 CMake.
+@@ -796,7 +800,13 @@ mark_as_advanced(CURL_USE_LIBSSH2)
+ set(USE_LIBSSH2 OFF)
+ 
+ if(CURL_USE_LIBSSH2)
+-  find_package(LibSSH2)
++  find_package(LIBSSH2 NAMES Libssh2 REQUIRED)
++  if(TARGET Libssh2::libssh2_shared)
++    set(LIBSSH2_LIBRARY Libssh2::libssh2_shared)
++  else()
++    set(LIBSSH2_LIBRARY Libssh2::libssh2_static)
++  endif()
++  get_target_property(LIBSSH2_INCLUDE_DIR "${LIBSSH2_LIBRARY}" INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+   if(LIBSSH2_FOUND)
+     list(APPEND CURL_LIBS ${LIBSSH2_LIBRARY})
+     list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES "${LIBSSH2_INCLUDE_DIR}")
diff --git a/ports/curl/portfile.cmake b/ports/curl/portfile.cmake
index 77f83c46fd1089..ebeeb5e32e730c 100644
--- a/ports/curl/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/curl/portfile.cmake
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
         0022-deduplicate-libs.patch
         mbedtls-ws2_32.patch
         export-components.patch
-        0023-fix-find-cares.patch
+        dependencies.patch
 )
 
 vcpkg_check_features(OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
diff --git a/ports/curl/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake b/ports/curl/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake
index c74dc2fb03fee0..d13b23daeb4432 100644
--- a/ports/curl/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake
+++ b/ports/curl/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake
@@ -24,20 +24,22 @@ if(CURL_FOUND)
     if(_curl_link_libraries MATCHES "OpenSSL::")
         string(REGEX REPLACE "([\$]<[^;]*)?OpenSSL::(SSL|Crypto)([^;]*>)?" "${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}" _curl_link_libraries "${_curl_link_libraries}")
     endif()
-    if(_curl_link_libraries MATCHES "Libssh2::libssh2")
+    if(_curl_link_libraries MATCHES "Libssh2::libssh2_(shared|static)")
         # TODO: move find_dependency(Libssh2 CONFIG) into CURL config
+        set(_libssh2_target "${CMAKE_MATCH_0}")
         find_package(Libssh2 CONFIG QUIET)
-        get_target_property(_libssh2_LIBRARY_DEBUG Libssh2::libssh2 IMPORTED_IMPLIB_DEBUG)
-        get_target_property(_libssh2_LIBRARY_RELEASE Libssh2::libssh2 IMPORTED_IMPLIB_RELEASE)
+        get_target_property(_libssh2_LIBRARY_DEBUG "${_libssh2_target}" IMPORTED_IMPLIB_DEBUG)
+        get_target_property(_libssh2_LIBRARY_RELEASE "${_libssh2_target}" IMPORTED_IMPLIB_RELEASE)
         if(NOT IMPORTED_IMPLIB_DEBUG AND NOT IMPORTED_IMPLIB_RELEASE)
-            get_target_property(_libssh2_LIBRARY_DEBUG Libssh2::libssh2 IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG)
-            get_target_property(_libssh2_LIBRARY_RELEASE Libssh2::libssh2 IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE)
+            get_target_property(_libssh2_LIBRARY_DEBUG "${_libssh2_target}" IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG)
+            get_target_property(_libssh2_LIBRARY_RELEASE "${_libssh2_target}" IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE)
         endif()
         select_library_configurations(_libssh2)
-        string(REGEX REPLACE "([\$]<[^;]*)?Libssh2::libssh2([^;]*>)?" "${_libssh2_LIBRARIES}" _curl_link_libraries "${_curl_link_libraries}")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "([\$]<[^;]*)?${_libssh2_target}([^;]*>)?" "${_libssh2_LIBRARIES}" _curl_link_libraries "${_curl_link_libraries}")
         unset(_libssh2_LIBRARIES)
         unset(_libssh2_LIBRARY_DEBUG)
         unset(_libssh2_LIBRARY_RELEASE)
+        unset(_libssh2_target)
     endif()
     if(_curl_link_libraries MATCHES "::")
         message(WARNING "CURL_LIBRARIES list at least one target. This will not work for use cases where targets are not resolved.")
diff --git a/ports/curl/vcpkg.json b/ports/curl/vcpkg.json
index 0a08a1a9d21c37..78f11d53d8b53e 100644
--- a/ports/curl/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/curl/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "curl",
   "version": "8.1.2",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "description": "A library for transferring data with URLs",
   "homepage": "https://curl.se/",
   "license": null,
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index c9bbb3ea12a7ce..81fbec8b9fcd65 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@
     },
     "curl": {
       "baseline": "8.1.2",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "curlpp": {
       "baseline": "2018-06-15",
diff --git a/versions/c-/curl.json b/versions/c-/curl.json
index 3f36e6a8a9c03b..ba17a0c9fb0c32 100644
--- a/versions/c-/curl.json
+++ b/versions/c-/curl.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "7d8ee40552d5b1c103d52b2b28d9577cb45e2593",
+      "version": "8.1.2",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "b70ded19f70e4b198d8c3f844324c7884d3faa7d",
       "version": "8.1.2",