diff --git a/ports/libevent/fix-LibeventConfig_cmake_in_path.patch b/ports/libevent/fix-LibeventConfig_cmake_in_path.patch
index 819380bec3..b974f9da89 100644
--- a/ports/libevent/fix-LibeventConfig_cmake_in_path.patch
+++ b/ports/libevent/fix-LibeventConfig_cmake_in_path.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 diff --git a/cmake/LibeventConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/LibeventConfig.cmake.in
-index 7b808c3..9376a5a 100644
+index a12fc23c..fe108b8d 100644
 --- a/cmake/LibeventConfig.cmake.in
 +++ b/cmake/LibeventConfig.cmake.in
 @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ endif()
@@ -11,12 +11,18 @@ index 7b808c3..9376a5a 100644
  
  macro(message_if_needed _flag _msg)
      if (NOT ${CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME}_FIND_QUIETLY)
-@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ if(CONFIG_FOR_INSTALL_TREE)
-         find_library(_event_lib
-                     NAMES "event_${_comp}"
-                     PATHS "${_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib"
+@@ -131,12 +131,10 @@ if(CONFIG_FOR_INSTALL_TREE)
+         unset(_event_lib_rel CACHE)
+         find_library(_event_lib_dbg
+                     NAMES "event_${_comp}d"
+-                    PATHS "${_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib"
 -                    NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-+                    )
-         if(_event_lib)
++                    PATHS "${_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
+         find_library(_event_lib_rel
+                     NAMES "event_${_comp}"
+-                    PATHS "${_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib"
+-                    NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
++                    PATHS "${_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
+         if(_event_lib_rel OR _event_lib_dbg)
              list(APPEND LIBEVENT_LIBRARIES "libevent::${_comp}")
              set_case_insensitive_found(${_comp})
diff --git a/ports/libevent/fix-android-threads.patch b/ports/libevent/fix-android-threads.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 52a46dd55d..0000000000
--- a/ports/libevent/fix-android-threads.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-From 5698ab6de0720f4da078423aa1676ad6a1c6d7ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Ryan Pavlik <ryan.pavlik@collabora.com>
-Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2022 09:31:10 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] cmake: Fix Android build.
-
-Android/Bionic C library needs no special flags to have threading support.
-Found when trying to build with vcpkg.
----
- CMakeLists.txt | 5 +++++
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 20bdc92e..4efe834e 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -556,6 +556,11 @@ endif()
- if (NOT EVENT__DISABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT)
-     if (WIN32)
-         list(APPEND SRC_CORE evthread_win32.c)
-+    elseif(ANDROID)
-+        # pthreads is built in to bionic
-+        set(EVENT__HAVE_PTHREADS 1)
-+        CHECK_TYPE_SIZE(pthread_t EVENT__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_T)
-+        list(APPEND SYMBOLS_TO_CHECK pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol)
-     else()
-         find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-         if (NOT CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT)
--- 
-2.34.1
-
diff --git a/ports/libevent/fix-uwp.patch b/ports/libevent/fix-uwp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64afb42d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/libevent/fix-uwp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 07520043..7eec4059 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1022,6 +1022,9 @@ if(WIN32)
+     add_definitions(
+             -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
+             -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE)
++    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "WindowsStore")
++        add_definitions(-DWINRT)
++    endif()
+ 
+     include_directories(./WIN32-Code)
+ endif()
+diff --git a/evdns.c b/evdns.c
+index 05e515c0..912f1115 100644
+--- a/evdns.c
++++ b/evdns.c
+@@ -4501,8 +4501,12 @@ evdns_get_default_hosts_filename(void)
+ 	char *path_out;
+ 	size_t len_out;
+ 
++#ifndef WINRT
+ 	if (! SHGetSpecialFolderPathA(NULL, path, CSIDL_SYSTEM, 0))
+ 		return NULL;
++#else
++	return NULL;
++#endif
+ 	len_out = strlen(path)+strlen(hostfile)+1;
+ 	path_out = mm_malloc(len_out);
+ 	evutil_snprintf(path_out, len_out, "%s%s", path, hostfile);
+diff --git a/evutil.c b/evutil.c
+index d46c997b..bad21ede 100644
+--- a/evutil.c
++++ b/evutil.c
+@@ -2240,6 +2240,9 @@ evutil_inet_pton_scope(int af, const char *src, void *dst, unsigned *indexp)
+ 	if (cp == NULL)
+ 		return evutil_inet_pton(af, src, dst);
+ 
++#ifdef WINRT
++	return -1;
++#else
+ 	if_index = if_nametoindex(cp + 1);
+ 	if (if_index == 0) {
+ 		/* Could be numeric */
+@@ -2256,6 +2259,7 @@ evutil_inet_pton_scope(int af, const char *src, void *dst, unsigned *indexp)
+ 	r = evutil_inet_pton(af, tmp_src, dst);
+ 	free(tmp_src);
+ 	return r;
++#endif
+ }
+ 
+ int
diff --git a/ports/libevent/portfile.cmake b/ports/libevent/portfile.cmake
index 15d1171442..d33234dd00 100644
--- a/ports/libevent/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libevent/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO libevent/libevent
-    REF release-2.1.12-stable
-    SHA512 5d6c6f0072f69a68b190772d4c973ce8f33961912032cdc104ad0854c0950f9d7e28bc274ca9df23897937f0cd8e45d1f214543d80ec271c5a6678814a7f195e
+    REF 4d85d28acdbb83bb60e500e9345bab757b64d6d1
+    SHA512 d03daf8e2277e8b9d67e0028d05566c8972a706e53dcb6593f8f92942ff9ce814970418a10d4c37e68228ec153f8fbc7d764a7ff92e2872277a92039380cbbe9
     PATCHES
+        fix-uwp.patch
         fix-file_path.patch
         fix-LibeventConfig_cmake_in_path.patch
         fix-usage.patch
-        fix-android-threads.patch
 )
 
 vcpkg_check_features(OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ else()
     set(LIBEVENT_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
 endif()
 
+if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_UWP)
+    list(APPEND FEATURE_OPTIONS -DEVENT__HAVE_AFUNIX_H=0)
+endif()
+
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
     OPTIONS ${FEATURE_OPTIONS}
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
         -DEVENT__DISABLE_TESTS=ON
         -DEVENT__DISABLE_REGRESS=ON
         -DEVENT__DISABLE_SAMPLES=ON
+        -DEVENT__DISABLE_MBEDTLS=ON
 )
 
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
diff --git a/ports/libevent/vcpkg.json b/ports/libevent/vcpkg.json
index 4f4b862480..9b2f2a2ed4 100644
--- a/ports/libevent/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/libevent/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 {
   "name": "libevent",
-  "version": "2.1.12",
-  "port-version": 7,
+  "version": "2.1.12+20230128",
   "description": "An event notification library",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent",
-  "supports": "!uwp",
+  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
diff --git a/scripts/ci.baseline.txt b/scripts/ci.baseline.txt
index 3000256efe..dc80e8d588 100644
--- a/scripts/ci.baseline.txt
+++ b/scripts/ci.baseline.txt
@@ -381,8 +381,6 @@ libgpod:x64-osx=fail
 libepoxy:arm-uwp=fail
 libepoxy:x64-uwp=fail
 libepoxy:x64-windows-static=fail
-libevent:arm-uwp=fail
-libevent:x64-uwp=fail
 libevhtp:x86-windows=fail
 libevhtp:x64-windows=fail
 libevhtp:x64-windows-static=fail
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 224e17f3f9..7bb3818dad 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -3857,8 +3857,8 @@
       "port-version": 1
     },
     "libevent": {
-      "baseline": "2.1.12",
-      "port-version": 7
+      "baseline": "2.1.12+20230128",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "libevhtp": {
       "baseline": "1.2.18",
diff --git a/versions/l-/libevent.json b/versions/l-/libevent.json
index 1176168ab2..c73abf6518 100644
--- a/versions/l-/libevent.json
+++ b/versions/l-/libevent.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "2ac9c2c5c7aedb962fd3c546c601132a5dc32788",
+      "version": "2.1.12+20230128",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "49a66da074def8806e42235e6c64af567987498f",
       "version": "2.1.12",