diff --git a/contrib/vcpkg/portfile.cmake b/contrib/vcpkg/portfile.cmake
index 47bf30cb..058ce985 100644
--- a/contrib/vcpkg/portfile.cmake
+++ b/contrib/vcpkg/portfile.cmake
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
   OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
   REPO microsoft/mimalloc
   HEAD_REF master
-  
+
   # The "REF" can be a commit hash, branch name (dev2), or a version (v2.2.1).
   # REF "v${VERSION}"
-  REF 3f91c9f937d9a7b26c130393925e7364a26c7880
+  REF be05b232e8a51e076aae6d8f4a5c3049ce51cb01
 
-  # The sha512 is the hash of the tar.gz bundle. 
-  # (To get the sha512, run `./vcpkg install mimalloc --overlay-ports=<dir of this file>` and copy the sha from the error message.)
-  SHA512 bb29283e95786c064ce6fa5a36488dafa85f7e979afe3d8fc1361997c978d13557ed27904dda9b8d29c576ad32d7dff5c674dc60c7a5891224e3f1f56bbae73c
+  # The sha512 is the hash of the tar.gz bundle.
+  # (To get the sha512, run `vcpkg install mimalloc[override] --overlay-ports=<dir of this file>` and copy the sha from the error message.)
+  SHA512 24f640db050d6263e557fe9d024e6c0435762118605c0d04801efbcb32e96382b0b995000715fc0c2dcd67c67825a100a6690ecf0ef097b0a3ae107a82d74f7d
 )
 
 vcpkg_check_features(OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ vcpkg_check_features(OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
     secure      MI_SECURE
     override    MI_OVERRIDE
     xmalloc     MI_XMALLOC
-    asm         MI_SEE_ASM    
+    asm         MI_SEE_ASM
 )
 string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "static" MI_BUILD_STATIC)
 string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "dynamic" MI_BUILD_SHARED)
diff --git a/contrib/vcpkg/readme.md b/contrib/vcpkg/readme.md
index a001cdb0..b1f6047c 100644
--- a/contrib/vcpkg/readme.md
+++ b/contrib/vcpkg/readme.md
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ your own variant.
 For example, you can edit the [`portfile.cmake`](portfile.cmake) 
 to check out a specific commit, version, or branch of mimalloc, or set further options. 
 You can install such custom port as:
+
 ```sh
-$ vcpkg install mimalloc --overlay-ports=./contrib/vcpkg
+$ vcpkg install mimalloc[override] --recurse --overlay-ports=./contrib/vcpkg
 ```
 
 This will also show the correct sha512 hash if you use a custom version.
-See the vcpkg [documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/vcpkg/produce/update-package-version) for more information.
+Another way is to refer to the overlay from the [vcpkg-configuration.json](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/vcpkg/reference/vcpkg-configuration-json) file.
+See also the vcpkg [documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/vcpkg/produce/update-package-version) for more information.
 
 
 # Using mimalloc from vcpkg
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ find_package(mimalloc CONFIG REQUIRED)
 target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE mimalloc)
 ```
 
+See [`test/CMakeLists.txt](../../test/CMakeLists.txt) for more examples.
+
 
 # Acknowledgements
 
diff --git a/contrib/vcpkg/usage b/contrib/vcpkg/usage
index 08f79c97..7ce649a7 100644
--- a/contrib/vcpkg/usage
+++ b/contrib/vcpkg/usage
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ And use mimalloc in your sources as:
     return 0;
   }
 
-When dynamically overriding on Windows, ensure `mimalloc.dll` is linked
-through some call to the mimalloc API, e.g. `mi_version()`, and that 
-the `mimalloc-redirect.dll` is in the same directory.
+When dynamically overriding on Windows, ensure `mimalloc.dll` is linked through some call to
+mimalloc (e.g. `mi_version()`), and that the `mimalloc-redirect.dll` is in the same directory.
 See https://github.com/microsoft/mimalloc/blob/dev/bin/readme.md for detailed information.