diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg.json b/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg.json
index 59046f78a10ecc..ecf88b73a2239a 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vcpkg-make",
-  "version-date": "2024-12-27",
+  "version-date": "2025-01-13",
   "documentation": "https://learn.microsoft.com/vcpkg/maintainers/functions/vcpkg_make_configure",
   "license": null,
   "supports": "native",
diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make.cmake b/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make.cmake
index ee3ec778fce9b2..757b2bd7fdf565 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make.cmake
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make.cmake
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function(vcpkg_run_shell_as_build)
         "SHELL;COMMAND;NO_PARALLEL_COMMAND;SAVE_LOG_FILES"
     )
     z_vcpkg_unparsed_args(FATAL_ERROR)
-    z_vcpkg_required_args(SHELL WORKINK_DIRECTORY COMMAND LOGNAME)
+    z_vcpkg_required_args(SHELL WORKING_DIRECTORY COMMAND LOGNAME)
 
     set(extra_opts "")
     if(arg_SAVE_LOG_FILES)
@@ -62,9 +62,12 @@ function(vcpkg_run_shell_as_build)
 
     list(JOIN arg_COMMAND " " cmd)
     list(JOIN arg_NO_PARALLEL_COMMAND " " 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(
         COMMAND ${arg_SHELL} -c "${cmd}"
-        NO_PARALLEL_COMMAND ${arg_SHELL} -c "${no_par_cmd}"
+        ${no_par_cmd}
         WORKING_DIRECTORY "${arg_WORKING_DIRECTORY}"
         LOGNAME "${arg_LOGNAME}"
         ${extra_opts}
diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make_common.cmake b/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make_common.cmake
index 575f3b81f8089d..8e7c4933f59be9 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make_common.cmake
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make_common.cmake
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ macro(z_vcpkg_make_set_common_vars)
     endforeach()
     set(buildtypes release)
     if(NOT VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE)
-        list(APPEND buildtypes debug)
+        list(PREPEND buildtypes debug)
     endif()
 endmacro()
 
@@ -557,7 +557,6 @@ function(z_vcpkg_make_prepare_flags)
         ${flags_opts}
     )
     if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE)
-        list(APPEND all_buildtypes DEBUG)
         z_vcpkg_make_prepare_compile_flags(
             CONFIG DEBUG 
             COMPILER_FRONTEND "${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT}"
diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make_configure.cmake b/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make_configure.cmake
index d58200fdc1dd0f..57ce70d9333684 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make_configure.cmake
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make_configure.cmake
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ function(vcpkg_make_configure)
         set(opts "")
         if(NOT arg_DISABLE_DEFAULT_OPTIONS)
           z_vcpkg_make_default_path_and_configure_options(opts AUTOMAKE CONFIG "${configup}")
-          vcpkg_list(APPEND arg_OPTIONS ${opts})
         endif()
 
         set(configure_path_from_wd "./${relative_build_path}/configure")
@@ -116,7 +115,8 @@ function(vcpkg_make_configure)
                                     "${configure_path_from_wd}"
                                  OPTIONS 
                                     ${BUILD_TRIPLET}
-                                    ${arg_OPTIONS} 
+                                    ${arg_OPTIONS}
+                                    ${opts}
                                     ${arg_OPTIONS_${configup}}
                                  WORKING_DIRECTORY 
                                     "${target_dir}" 
diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make_install.cmake b/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make_install.cmake
index 76bfae405193e2..00b39416f785ef 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make_install.cmake
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-make/vcpkg_make_install.cmake
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg_make.cmake")
 function(vcpkg_make_install)
     cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGV 0 arg
         "DISABLE_PARALLEL"
-        "LOGFILE_ROOT;MAKEFILE;TARGETS"
-        "OPTIONS;OPTIONS_DEBUG;OPTIONS_RELEASE"
+        "LOGFILE_ROOT;MAKEFILE"
+        "OPTIONS;OPTIONS_DEBUG;OPTIONS_RELEASE;TARGETS"
     )
     z_vcpkg_unparsed_args(FATAL_ERROR)
 
@@ -81,26 +81,27 @@ function(vcpkg_make_install)
         endif()
 
         foreach(target IN LISTS arg_TARGETS)
+            string(REPLACE "/" "_" target_no_slash "${target}")
             vcpkg_list(SET make_cmd_line ${make_command} ${arg_OPTIONS} ${arg_OPTIONS_${cmake_buildtype}} V=1 -j ${VCPKG_CONCURRENCY} ${extra_opts} -f ${arg_MAKEFILE} ${target} ${destdir_opt})
             vcpkg_list(SET no_parallel_make_cmd_line ${make_command} ${arg_OPTIONS} ${arg_OPTIONS_${cmake_buildtype}} V=1 -j 1 ${extra_opts} -f ${arg_MAKEFILE} ${target} ${destdir_opt})
             message(STATUS "Making target '${target}' for ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${short_buildtype}")
             if (arg_DISABLE_PARALLEL)
                 vcpkg_run_shell_as_build(
                     WORKING_DIRECTORY "${working_directory}"
-                    LOGNAME "${arg_LOGFILE_ROOT}-${target}-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${short_buildtype}"
+                    LOGNAME "${arg_LOGFILE_ROOT}-${target_no_slash}-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${short_buildtype}"
                     SHELL ${shell_cmd}
-                    NO_PARALLEL_COMMAND ${configure_env} ${no_parallel_make_cmd_line}
+                    COMMAND ${configure_env} ${no_parallel_make_cmd_line}
                 )
             else()
                 vcpkg_run_shell_as_build(
                     WORKING_DIRECTORY "${working_directory}"
-                    LOGNAME "${arg_LOGFILE_ROOT}-${target}-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${short_buildtype}"
+                    LOGNAME "${arg_LOGFILE_ROOT}-${target_no_slash}-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${short_buildtype}"
                     SHELL ${shell_cmd}
-                    COMMAND ${configure_env} ${no_parallel_make_cmd_line}
+                    COMMAND ${configure_env} ${make_cmd_line}
                     NO_PARALLEL_COMMAND ${configure_env} ${no_parallel_make_cmd_line}
                 )
             endif()
-            file(READ "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${arg_LOGFILE_ROOT}-${target}-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${short_buildtype}-out.log" logdata) 
+            file(READ "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${arg_LOGFILE_ROOT}-${target_no_slash}-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${short_buildtype}-out.log" logdata) 
             if(logdata MATCHES "Warning: linker path does not have real file for library")
                 message(FATAL_ERROR "libtool could not find a file being linked against!")
             endif()
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index ae7edec66224fa..c6f0fe106175d6 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -9405,7 +9405,7 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "vcpkg-make": {
-      "baseline": "2024-12-27",
+      "baseline": "2025-01-13",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "vcpkg-msbuild": {
diff --git a/versions/v-/vcpkg-make.json b/versions/v-/vcpkg-make.json
index 960c6a0c986d65..a840346820ff3b 100644
--- a/versions/v-/vcpkg-make.json
+++ b/versions/v-/vcpkg-make.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "5af3456c1f7742c9d880d70dc678c061b91668c1",
+      "version-date": "2025-01-13",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "ac1381c26cff8ab8365670f4fb00395e86c58dfa",
       "version-date": "2024-12-27",