diff --git a/ports/protobuf/portfile.cmake b/ports/protobuf/portfile.cmake
index 1891304b..ec2ae656 100644
--- a/ports/protobuf/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/protobuf/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
-    vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY)
+    vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 endif()
 vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PKGCONFIG)
 
diff --git a/versions/p-/protobuf.json b/versions/p-/protobuf.json
index 2e79ce80..b4a1dfed 100644
--- a/versions/p-/protobuf.json
+++ b/versions/p-/protobuf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "versions": [
     {
-      "git-tree": "b9417f19fe38ea5c5dd8a79bc69ed7efee1adb72",
+      "git-tree": "90a0210b5b4d01b6c0b9149e4ebde3745588c74f",
       "version": "4.25.5",
       "port-version": 0
     }