diff --git a/ports/proj4/portfile.cmake b/ports/proj4/portfile.cmake
index feff73e4fcbce9..c19e07b076dfa2 100644
--- a/ports/proj4/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/proj4/portfile.cmake
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ endif()
 
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
-    PREFER_NINJA
     OPTIONS ${FEATURE_OPTIONS}
     -DPROJ_LIB_SUBDIR=lib
     -DPROJ_INCLUDE_SUBDIR=include
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ endif ()
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share")
 
-configure_file("${CURRENT_PORT_DIR}/usage" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}/usage" @ONLY)
-file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
-
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+file(INSTALL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}")
+file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
diff --git a/ports/proj4/usage b/ports/proj4/usage
index a2297ca02b2729..ebf9f6c8d5aae1 100644
--- a/ports/proj4/usage
+++ b/ports/proj4/usage
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-The package ${PORT}:${TARGET_TRIPLET} provides CMake targets:
+The package proj4 provides CMake targets:
 
     find_package(PROJ CONFIG REQUIRED)
     target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PROJ::proj)
diff --git a/ports/proj4/vcpkg.json b/ports/proj4/vcpkg.json
index 234f924946256d..770896f9c5f12c 100644
--- a/ports/proj4/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/proj4/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "proj4",
-  "version-string": "7.2.1",
-  "port-version": 3,
+  "version-semver": "7.2.1",
+  "port-version": 4,
   "description": "PROJ.4 library for cartographic projections",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ",
   "dependencies": [
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 02fa424c766602..64dbffc9dec250 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -5074,7 +5074,7 @@
     },
     "proj4": {
       "baseline": "7.2.1",
-      "port-version": 3
+      "port-version": 4
     },
     "prometheus-cpp": {
       "baseline": "0.12.3",
diff --git a/versions/p-/proj4.json b/versions/p-/proj4.json
index d5bbf1d9afb6a4..077e213aa2445a 100644
--- a/versions/p-/proj4.json
+++ b/versions/p-/proj4.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "dee626b6811eafe58cf40fbceeb3cc28dfaf678c",
+      "version-semver": "7.2.1",
+      "port-version": 4
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "8fc1b6bdde08a3b1f131df5a4f042885dcc7a58d",
       "version-string": "7.2.1",