diff --git a/ports/hdf5/portfile.cmake b/ports/hdf5/portfile.cmake
index 71811c04feb716..7da903a8ee7f88 100644
--- a/ports/hdf5/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/hdf5/portfile.cmake
@@ -97,12 +97,10 @@ foreach(file IN LISTS pc_files)
     endif()
 endforeach()
 
-file(READ "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/hdf5/hdf5-config.cmake" contents)
-string(REPLACE [[${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_TOOLS_DIR "${PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR}/bin"]]
-               [[${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_TOOLS_DIR "${PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR}/tools/hdf5"]]
-               contents ${contents}
+vcpkg_replace_string("${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/hdf5/hdf5-config.cmake"
+    [[${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_TOOLS_DIR "${PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR}/bin"]]
+    [[${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_TOOLS_DIR "${PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR}/tools/hdf5"]]
 )
-file(WRITE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/hdf5/hdf5-config.cmake" ${contents})
 
 set(HDF5_TOOLS "")
 if("tools" IN_LIST FEATURES)
diff --git a/ports/hdf5/vcpkg.json b/ports/hdf5/vcpkg.json
index ea919e911bcd2e..fbc9fdf25bc02f 100644
--- a/ports/hdf5/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/hdf5/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "hdf5",
   "version": "1.14.4.3",
-  "port-version": 3,
+  "port-version": 4,
   "description": "HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data",
   "homepage": "https://www.hdfgroup.org/downloads/hdf5/",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 9fbdb6bf34425f..a6791e08862318 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -3442,7 +3442,7 @@
     },
     "hdf5": {
       "baseline": "1.14.4.3",
-      "port-version": 3
+      "port-version": 4
     },
     "hdr-histogram": {
       "baseline": "0.11.8",
diff --git a/versions/h-/hdf5.json b/versions/h-/hdf5.json
index 84ff7f550547e2..8020ca467a7ccc 100644
--- a/versions/h-/hdf5.json
+++ b/versions/h-/hdf5.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "785924f8bc52431728d3045a70739ae4e12f9937",
+      "version": "1.14.4.3",
+      "port-version": 4
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "865f6593cb402e937d842ad41cda9e5aa06b0230",
       "version": "1.14.4.3",