diff --git a/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/disable-duplocale.patch b/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/disable-duplocale.patch
index 7a0cf5411..ec9c6f58d 100644
--- a/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/disable-duplocale.patch
+++ b/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/disable-duplocale.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- a/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -202,6 +202,12 @@
- exec_program(${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} ARGS -dumpmachine OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_GNU_C_MACHINE)
+@@ -183,6 +183,12 @@
+ 
  if (CMAKE_GNU_C_MACHINE MATCHES "uclibc")
  	message(STATUS "Detected uClibc compiler, disabling locale handling")
 +	set(HAVE_SETLOCALE 0)
diff --git a/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/fix-clang-cl.patch b/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/fix-clang-cl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a2609d5d2..000000000
--- a/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/fix-clang-cl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 0aa1b64..54e7b3d 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ message(STATUS "Wrote ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h")
- configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/json_config.h.in   ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/json_config.h)
- message(STATUS "Wrote ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/json_config.h")
- 
--if ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU" OR "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
-+if ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU" OR "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang" AND NOT MSVC)
-     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS           "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections")
- 	if ("${DISABLE_WERROR}" STREQUAL "OFF")
- 	    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS           "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Werror")
-@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ if ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU" OR "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL
-         # Remove this for 1.0 when we can bump the ABI and actually fix these warnings.
-         set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS           "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wno-shorten-64-to-32")
-     endif()
--elseif ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
-+elseif (MSVC)
-     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS           "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} /DEBUG")
-     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS           "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} /wd4100")
-     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS           "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} /wd4996")
diff --git a/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/pkgconfig.patch b/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/pkgconfig.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 893406ed5..000000000
--- a/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/pkgconfig.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index ffb1db3dc..a82ed8619 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ install(
-     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}
- )
- 
--if (UNIX OR MINGW OR CYGWIN)
-+if (1)
-     SET(prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
-     # exec_prefix is prefix by default and CMake does not have the
-     # concept.
diff --git a/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/portfile.cmake b/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/portfile.cmake
index fea85b413..5d3c1cd3d 100644
--- a/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/portfile.cmake
+++ b/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,33 +1,31 @@
-vcpkg_from_github(
-    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
-    REPO json-c/json-c
-    REF b4c371fa0cbc4dcbaccc359ce9e957a22988fb34
-    SHA512 1338271a6f9ffb3b8a8d4f2ec36a374ed84b3c91f789b607693c08cbeb38c4fdd813593f530ff94e841a095ff367a3ae8c5f5e7dbcb64e8f9044f6affdf24505
-    HEAD_REF master
-    PATCHES pkgconfig.patch
-            fix-clang-cl.patch
-            disable-duplocale.patch
-)
-
-string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "static" JSON_BUILD_STATIC)
-string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "dynamic" JSON_BUILD_SHARED)
-
-vcpkg_cmake_configure(
-    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
-    OPTIONS
-        -DBUILD_APPS=OFF
-        -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
-        -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=${JSON_BUILD_STATIC}
-        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${JSON_BUILD_SHARED}
-)
-
-vcpkg_cmake_install()
-
-vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(CONFIG_PATH "lib/cmake/${PORT}")
-vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
-vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
-
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
-
-# Handle copyright
-vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING")
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO json-c/json-c
+    REF "json-c-${VERSION}"
+    SHA512 219d8c0da9a4016b74af238cc15dbec1f369a07de160bcc548d80279028e1b5d8d928deb13fec09c96a085fc0ecf10090e309cbe72d0081aca864433c4ae01db
+    HEAD_REF master
+    PATCHES disable-duplocale.patch
+)
+
+string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "static" JSON_BUILD_STATIC)
+string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "dynamic" JSON_BUILD_SHARED)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
+    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
+    OPTIONS
+        -DBUILD_APPS=OFF
+        -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
+        -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=${JSON_BUILD_STATIC}
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${JSON_BUILD_SHARED}
+)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_install()
+
+vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(CONFIG_PATH "lib/cmake/${PORT}")
+vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
+
+# Handle copyright
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING")
diff --git a/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/vcpkg.json
index 16efcbaa1..99b06dd5a 100644
--- a/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg-overlays/omit-json-c-apps/json-c/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "json-c",
-  "version-date": "2023-08-12",
+  "version": "0.18-20240915",
   "description": "A JSON implementation in C",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/json-c/json-c",
   "license": "MIT",