diff --git a/ports/forest/CONTROL b/ports/forest/CONTROL
index 39fda46724..82de142c10 100644
--- a/ports/forest/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/forest/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: forest
-Version: 12.0.0
+Version: 12.0.3
 Homepage: https://github.com/xorz57/forest
-Description: Template library of tree data structures
+Description: Template Library of Tree Data Structures in C++17
diff --git a/ports/forest/portfile.cmake b/ports/forest/portfile.cmake
index b142d181ed..b32febeaed 100644
--- a/ports/forest/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/forest/portfile.cmake
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO xorz57/forest
-    REF 12.0.0
-    SHA512 c6f7a7ca098755bc6ac2f02048962d9f1d619c2d76671e9bb558524f760c3e28604db21991c2d9ebc90ffdb12ea00708d9a4fee1f4416ee216f3ef1dea0a1b97
+    REF 12.0.3
+    SHA512 9a693569c1d169e0c87d88150ae223d71d9491c9ed8774fdfdeee3b6a10f25d74b0653766d04095711bc76c7a4ecbec6f98dfad6846323f5f3bd701574843f53
     HEAD_REF master
 )