diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make.cmake b/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make.cmake
index 39d5e5d4ddf9ef..757b2bd7fdf565 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make.cmake
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make.cmake
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function(vcpkg_run_shell_as_build)
 
     list(JOIN arg_COMMAND " " cmd)
     list(JOIN arg_NO_PARALLEL_COMMAND " " no_par_cmd)
-    if(no_par_cmd)
+    if(NOT no_par_cmd STREQUAL "")
         set(no_par_cmd NO_PARALLEL_COMMAND ${arg_SHELL} -c "${no_par_cmd}")
     endif()
     vcpkg_execute_build_process(
diff --git a/versions/v-/vcpkg-make.json b/versions/v-/vcpkg-make.json
index de5b4d821762ce..a840346820ff3b 100644
--- a/versions/v-/vcpkg-make.json
+++ b/versions/v-/vcpkg-make.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "versions": [
     {
-      "git-tree": "b606ca83ad134a2ef7f6f010863a96f3e2fe19cf",
+      "git-tree": "5af3456c1f7742c9d880d70dc678c061b91668c1",
       "version-date": "2025-01-13",
       "port-version": 0
     },