diff --git a/ports/wxwidgets/portfile.cmake b/ports/wxwidgets/portfile.cmake
index 5b5ecd730724d9..4a49d7f1ad0798 100644
--- a/ports/wxwidgets/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/wxwidgets/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-vcpkg_fail_port_install(ON_TARGET "uwp")
-
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO wxWidgets/wxWidgets
@@ -24,15 +22,18 @@ if(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL arm64 OR VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUA
 endif()
 
 # This may be set to ON by users in a custom triplet.
-# wxUSE_STL=ON and wxUSE_STL=OFF are not API compatible which is why this must be set
-# in a custom triplet rather than a port feature.
+# The use of 'wxUSE_STL' and 'WXWIDGETS_USE_STD_CONTAINERS' (ON or OFF) are not API compatible
+# which is why they must be set in a custom triplet rather than a port feature.
 if(NOT DEFINED WXWIDGETS_USE_STL)
     set(WXWIDGETS_USE_STL OFF)
 endif()
 
-vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+if(NOT DEFINED WXWIDGETS_USE_STD_CONTAINERS)
+    set(WXWIDGETS_USE_STD_CONTAINERS OFF)
+endif()
+
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
-    PREFER_NINJA
     OPTIONS
         -DwxUSE_REGEX=builtin
         -DwxUSE_ZLIB=sys
@@ -42,10 +43,11 @@ vcpkg_configure_cmake(
         -DwxUSE_LIBTIFF=sys
         -DwxBUILD_DISABLE_PLATFORM_LIB_DIR=ON
         -DwxUSE_STL=${WXWIDGETS_USE_STL}
+        -DwxUSE_STD_CONTAINERS=${WXWIDGETS_USE_STD_CONTAINERS}
         ${OPTIONS}
 )
 
-vcpkg_install_cmake()
+vcpkg_cmake_install()
 
 file(GLOB DLLS "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/*.dll")
 if(DLLS)
diff --git a/ports/wxwidgets/vcpkg.json b/ports/wxwidgets/vcpkg.json
index 540e2147fc7923..70967100ad7442 100644
--- a/ports/wxwidgets/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/wxwidgets/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "wxwidgets",
   "version-semver": "3.1.5",
-  "port-version": 3,
+  "port-version": 4,
   "description": [
     "Widget toolkit and tools library for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for cross-platform applications. ",
-    "Set WXWIDGETS_USE_STL in a custom triplet to build with the wxUSE_STL build option."
+    "Set WXWIDGETS_USE_STL in a custom triplet to build with the wxUSE_STL build option.",
+    "Set WXWIDGETS_USE_STD_CONTAINERS in a custom triplet to build with the wxUSE_STD_CONTAINERS build option."
   ],
   "homepage": "https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets",
   "supports": "!uwp",
@@ -12,6 +13,14 @@
     "expat",
     "libpng",
     "tiff",
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
+    },
     "zlib"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 9624e7957b08db..ccb7e69f5ec578 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -7278,7 +7278,7 @@
     },
     "wxwidgets": {
       "baseline": "3.1.5",
-      "port-version": 3
+      "port-version": 4
     },
     "x-plane": {
       "baseline": "3.0.3",
diff --git a/versions/w-/wxwidgets.json b/versions/w-/wxwidgets.json
index d674192ce108db..84db306ee64ba0 100644
--- a/versions/w-/wxwidgets.json
+++ b/versions/w-/wxwidgets.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "c485515f9004da8092ce9ed1ea3e319fa66a7f77",
+      "version-semver": "3.1.5",
+      "port-version": 4
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "dcd0a52fd041f8c7b658a01ec1141f36d77220c6",
       "version-semver": "3.1.5",