diff --git a/ports/ghc-filesystem/portfile.cmake b/ports/ghc-filesystem/portfile.cmake
index 369cc08931..0e469fd5ef 100644
--- a/ports/ghc-filesystem/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/ghc-filesystem/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO gulrak/filesystem
-    REF v1.5.10
+    REF v1.5.12
     HEAD_REF master
-    SHA512 470dd9e1c4358f9d8d9f531d8c3c6716cdd156c815315748436a1dc3caf095d320e58eae2274df8c15e293cc96170752fb00aed8ad2210d417b174c13297fbac
+    SHA512 2cba74921104fa84547288ff983260ce1e81967df6a7d2a334074826c355c72945ad64e6979cd302a23c5e3a398990706b01fc573c046512e9f508edca9da12c
 )
 
+set(VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE release) # header-only port
+
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
     OPTIONS
@@ -16,9 +18,9 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
 vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(
     PACKAGE_NAME ghc_filesystem
-    CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/ghc_filesystem
+    CONFIG_PATH "lib/cmake/ghc_filesystem"
 )
 
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib")
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib")
 
 file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
diff --git a/ports/ghc-filesystem/vcpkg.json b/ports/ghc-filesystem/vcpkg.json
index 03117dfae1..6f292c2d74 100644
--- a/ports/ghc-filesystem/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/ghc-filesystem/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {
   "name": "ghc-filesystem",
-  "version": "1.5.10",
+  "version": "1.5.12",
   "description": "An implementation of C++17 std::filesystem for C++11/C++14/C++17/C++20 on Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem",
+  "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 741cc0f615..5b58f6df93 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -2657,7 +2657,7 @@
       "port-version": 5
     },
     "ghc-filesystem": {
-      "baseline": "1.5.10",
+      "baseline": "1.5.12",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "gherkin-c": {
diff --git a/versions/g-/ghc-filesystem.json b/versions/g-/ghc-filesystem.json
index 8c7d3dc339..7b9a6689a0 100644
--- a/versions/g-/ghc-filesystem.json
+++ b/versions/g-/ghc-filesystem.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "5b9f92d368901abd7af0b622f0c32f7e76e62093",
+      "version": "1.5.12",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "9d4afd633149f9feea72ebfc90f1ab86135fb5f2",
       "version": "1.5.10",