diff --git a/ports/simdjson/portfile.cmake b/ports/simdjson/portfile.cmake
index e3e701690e3db5..ffc1ba2fd528a2 100644
--- a/ports/simdjson/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/simdjson/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,23 +1,33 @@
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO simdjson/simdjson
-    REF c6c29c28278aeb29998e89f008908d951bb40c39 # v0.9.2
+    REF e9b893ff1b13c6a70135827c62b3f3d65938d135 # v0.9.6
     HEAD_REF master
-    SHA512 2c033e8fa253103f00606b7a14502d19c06385f22d1d09ea4b1edc6f443ba51ee95d49c790a05a64e28cd03f4350118b23c3c7f759a60e26a43da658609a5317
+    SHA512 977b92ffae7219680f3d8567b1911b0d17ac1143a2ba58d7a4007cdcbf42dca6362853fcf3c3caf4af2029bc5f6a3cb8fab6139050a9d8539e8e4c7df646837d
+)
+
+vcpkg_check_features(
+    OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
+    FEATURES
+        exceptions SIMDJSON_EXCEPTIONS
+        threads    SIMDJSON_ENABLE_THREADS
+    INVERTED_FEATURES
+        deprecated SIMDJSON_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_API
 )
 
 string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "static" SIMDJSON_BUILD_STATIC)
-string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE}" "arm64" SIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION_ARM64)
 
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
     OPTIONS
-        -DSIMDJSON_BUILD_STATIC=${SIMDJSON_BUILD_STATIC}
-        -DSIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION_ARM64=${SIMDJSON_IMPLEMENTATION_ARM64}
         -DSIMDJSON_JUST_LIBRARY=ON
-        -DSIMDJSON_GOOGLE_BENCHMARKS=OFF
-        -DSIMDJSON_COMPETITION=OFF
-        -DSIMDJSON_SANITIZE=OFF # issue 10145, pr 11495
+        -DSIMDJSON_SANITIZE_UNDEFINED=OFF
+        -DSIMDJSON_SANITIZE=OFF
+        -DSIMDJSON_SANITIZE_THREADS=OFF
+        -DSIMDJSON_BUILD_STATIC=${SIMDJSON_BUILD_STATIC}
+        -DSIMDJSON_DEVELOPMENT_CHECKS=OFF
+        -DSIMDJSON_VERBOSE_LOGGING=OFF
+        ${FEATURE_OPTIONS}
 )
 
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
@@ -26,13 +36,6 @@ vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 
 vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/${PORT})
 
-if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "dynamic")
-    vcpkg_replace_string(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/simdjson.h
-        "#if SIMDJSON_USING_LIBRARY"
-        "#if 1"
-    )
-endif()
-
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share")
 
-file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)
\ No newline at end of file
+file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ports/simdjson/vcpkg.json b/ports/simdjson/vcpkg.json
index 0eb3ed90d7c1d1..13f89c1a7c590e 100644
--- a/ports/simdjson/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/simdjson/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "simdjson",
-  "version": "0.9.2",
-  "port-version": 1,
+  "version": "0.9.6",
   "description": "A extremely fast JSON library that can parse gigabytes of JSON per second",
   "homepage": "https://simdjson.org/",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
@@ -14,5 +13,21 @@
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
       "host": true
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "default-features": [
+    "deprecated",
+    "exceptions",
+    "threads"
+  ],
+  "features": {
+    "deprecated": {
+      "description": "Enable deprecated APIs"
+    },
+    "exceptions": {
+      "description": "Enable exception-throwing interface"
+    },
+    "threads": {
+      "description": "Link with thread support"
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 88a4bcd85a9ef8..02377a5cfdfe6f 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -5805,8 +5805,8 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "simdjson": {
-      "baseline": "0.9.2",
-      "port-version": 1
+      "baseline": "0.9.6",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "simple-fft": {
       "baseline": "2020-06-14",
diff --git a/versions/s-/simdjson.json b/versions/s-/simdjson.json
index 4de86b07f85344..8570d578b415bf 100644
--- a/versions/s-/simdjson.json
+++ b/versions/s-/simdjson.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "b913c5ecbf889a46c809032952c348605a78a391",
+      "version": "0.9.6",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "c9528b67438ec071c4108f925f3976b937f91469",
       "version": "0.9.2",