diff --git a/ports/nethost/0001-nethost-cmakelists.patch b/ports/nethost/0001-nethost-cmakelists.patch
index 93d49b95e16439..c45f3b4749e75a 100644
--- a/ports/nethost/0001-nethost-cmakelists.patch
+++ b/ports/nethost/0001-nethost-cmakelists.patch
@@ -1,58 +1,73 @@
-diff --git a/src/installer/corehost/cli/common.cmake b/src/installer/corehost/cli/common.cmake
-index 63e7306..639c90e 100644
---- a/src/installer/corehost/cli/common.cmake
-+++ b/src/installer/corehost/cli/common.cmake
-@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
- project(${DOTNET_PROJECT_NAME})
- 
- if(WIN32)
--    add_compile_options($<$<CONFIG:RelWithDebInfo>:/MT>)
--    add_compile_options($<$<CONFIG:Release>:/MT>)
--    add_compile_options($<$<CONFIG:Debug>:/MTd>)
- else()
-     add_compile_options(-fvisibility=hidden)
- endif()
-diff --git a/src/installer/corehost/cli/nethost/CMakeLists.txt b/src/installer/corehost/cli/nethost/CMakeLists.txt
-index 7473958..49c664f 100644
---- a/src/installer/corehost/cli/nethost/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/src/installer/corehost/cli/nethost/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
+diff --git a/src/native/corehost/nethost/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/corehost/nethost/CMakeLists.txt
+index a9f44e720..0f24d4458 100644
+--- a/src/native/corehost/nethost/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/native/corehost/nethost/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+ # Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
  # The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
- # See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
  
--cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
-+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.14)
++cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.14.5)
  project(nethost)
  
  set(DOTNET_PROJECT_NAME "nethost")
  
  # Include directories
-+include(../../../settings.cmake)
-+include(../../../functions.cmake)
++include(../../../../eng/native/configurepaths.cmake)
++include("${CLR_ENG_NATIVE_DIR}/configurecompiler.cmake")
  include_directories(../fxr)
  
  # CMake does not recommend using globbing since it messes with the freshness checks
-@@ -22,13 +24,18 @@ if(WIN32)
+@@ -19,12 +22,23 @@ if(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_WIN32)
          Exports.def)
  endif()
  
 +if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
  include(../lib.cmake)
++set(targets nethost)
 +else()
++include(../hostmisc/hostmisc.cmake)
  include(../lib_static.cmake)
++add_library(nethost INTERFACE)
++target_link_libraries(nethost INTERFACE libnethost)
++set(targets libnethost nethost)
++target_include_directories(libnethost INTERFACE $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
 +endif()
++target_include_directories(nethost INTERFACE $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
  
  add_definitions(-DFEATURE_LIBHOST=1)
  add_definitions(-DNETHOST_EXPORT)
  
++if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+ # Copy static lib PDB to the project output directory
+ if (WIN32)
+     set_target_properties(libnethost PROPERTIES
+@@ -32,15 +46,18 @@ if (WIN32)
+         COMPILE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
+     )
+ endif(WIN32)
++endif()
+ 
+-install(FILES ../coreclr_delegates.h DESTINATION corehost)
+-install(FILES ../hostfxr.h DESTINATION corehost)
 -install(FILES nethost.h DESTINATION corehost)
--install(TARGETS nethost DESTINATION corehost)
--install(TARGETS libnethost DESTINATION corehost)
--install_symbols(nethost corehost)
+-install_with_stripped_symbols(nethost TARGETS corehost)
++set(NETHOST_HEADERS nethost.h ../coreclr_delegates.h ../hostfxr.h)
++install(FILES ${NETHOST_HEADERS} DESTINATION include)
++install(TARGETS ${targets} EXPORT unofficial-nethost-config
++    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
++    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
++    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
++)
+ 
+-# Only Windows creates a symbols file for static libs.
+-if (WIN32)
+-    install_with_stripped_symbols(libnethost TARGETS corehost)
+-else()
+-    install(TARGETS libnethost DESTINATION corehost)
+-endif(WIN32)
 \ No newline at end of file
-+install(FILES nethost.h ../coreclr_delegates.h ../hostfxr.h DESTINATION include)
-+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-+install(TARGETS nethost)
-+else()
-+install(TARGETS libnethost)
-+endif()
++install(EXPORT unofficial-nethost-config
++    DESTINATION share/unofficial-nethost
++    FILE unofficial-nethost-config.cmake
++    NAMESPACE unofficial::nethost::
++)
diff --git a/ports/nethost/0002-settings-cmake.patch b/ports/nethost/0002-settings-cmake.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7143b942a9b405..00000000000000
--- a/ports/nethost/0002-settings-cmake.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/installer/settings.cmake b/src/installer/settings.cmake
-index 29d57b44..6ea63902 100644
---- a/src/installer/settings.cmake
-+++ b/src/installer/settings.cmake
-@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ endfunction()
- 
- function(install_symbols targetName destination_path)
-     if(WIN32)
--        install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/$<CONFIG>/${targetName}.pdb DESTINATION ${destination_path})
-+        install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${targetName}.pdb DESTINATION ${destination_path})
-     else()
-         strip_symbols(${targetName} strip_destination_file)
-         install(FILES ${strip_destination_file} DESTINATION ${destination_path})
diff --git a/ports/nethost/portfile.cmake b/ports/nethost/portfile.cmake
index c7d4aae3b89ede..79c4ed49f3f426 100644
--- a/ports/nethost/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/nethost/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-set(COMMIT_HASH 188427d7e18102c45fc6d0e20c135e226f215992)
+set(COMMIT_HASH v6.0.5)
 
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO dotnet/runtime
     REF ${COMMIT_HASH}
-    SHA512 5a93c66c87e2113f733702d938efd39456c99fb74b383097b8d877df21536fcbcba901606aa70db6c8f1a16421ea8f06822c5b0ab1d882631b6daecbed8d03cc
+    SHA512 ccf4865bd9ea63c525fc11b0008774052d51f9247427fc28a91e3836e8e8d157569565bdac17326fe44a446d98a3e4b74a55779d01bede596f2458f4ec86f3aa
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
         0001-nethost-cmakelists.patch
-        0002-settings-cmake.patch
 )
 
-set(PRODUCT_VERSION "5.0.0")
+set(PRODUCT_VERSION "6.0.5")
 
 if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
   set(RID_PLAT "win")
@@ -41,9 +40,10 @@ endif()
 
 set(BASE_RID "${RID_PLAT}-${RID_ARCH}")
 
-vcpkg_configure_cmake(
-    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}/src/installer/corehost/cli/nethost
-    PREFER_NINJA
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
+    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}/src/native/corehost/nethost/"
+    # vcpkg's /utf-8 is incompatible with dotnet's own /source-charset:utf-8
+    NO_CHARSET_FLAG
     OPTIONS
         "-DSKIP_VERSIONING=1"
         "-DCLI_CMAKE_HOST_POLICY_VER:STRING=${PRODUCT_VERSION}"
@@ -52,15 +52,26 @@ vcpkg_configure_cmake(
         "-DCLI_CMAKE_COMMON_HOST_VER:STRING=${PRODUCT_VERSION}"
         "-DCLI_CMAKE_PKG_RID:STRING=${BASE_RID}"
         "-DCLI_CMAKE_COMMIT_HASH:STRING=${COMMIT_HASH}"
-        "-DCLI_CMAKE_PLATFORM_ARCH_${ARCH_NAME}=1"
-        "-DCMAKE_VS_WINDOWS_TARGET_PLATFORM_VERSION=10.0"
+        "-DCLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ARCH_${ARCH_NAME}=1"
+        "-DCLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ARCH=${RID_ARCH}"
+        "-DCLR_CMAKE_HOST_ARCH=${RID_ARCH}"
+    MAYBE_UNUSED_VARIABLES
+        SKIP_VERSIONING # only used on WIN32
 )
 
-vcpkg_install_cmake()
+vcpkg_cmake_install()
 
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
+vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(PACKAGE_NAME unofficial-nethost)
 
-file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE.TXT DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)
-file(INSTALL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT})
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
+
+if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
+    vcpkg_replace_string("${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/nethost.h" "#ifdef NETHOST_USE_AS_STATIC" "#if 1")
+else()
+    vcpkg_replace_string("${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/nethost.h" "#ifdef NETHOST_USE_AS_STATIC" "#if 0")
+endif()
+
+file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE.TXT" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
+file(INSTALL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}")
diff --git a/ports/nethost/usage b/ports/nethost/usage
index 6e6d860d1fb27c..26a41d92f21202 100644
--- a/ports/nethost/usage
+++ b/ports/nethost/usage
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 The package nethost can be used via CMake:
 
-    find_path(NETHOST_INCLUDE_DIRS nethost.h)
-    find_library(NETHOST_LIBRARY NAMES libnethost nethost)
-    target_include_directories(main PRIVATE ${NETHOST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE ${NETHOST_LIBRARY})
+    find_package(unofficial-nethost CONFIG REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE unofficial::nethost::nethost)
diff --git a/ports/nethost/vcpkg.json b/ports/nethost/vcpkg.json
index 0f65e50da87bbe..b5cf0998984dad 100644
--- a/ports/nethost/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/nethost/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 {
   "name": "nethost",
-  "version-date": "2019-12-21",
-  "port-version": 2,
+  "version": "6.0.5",
   "description": "Provides a set of APIs that can be used to host .NET Core (dotnet)",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/tree/master/src/installer/corehost/cli/nethost",
-  "supports": "!uwp"
+  "supports": "!uwp",
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
+    }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 82baf583d7fb74..263b92c7717dcb 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -4833,8 +4833,8 @@
       "port-version": 3
     },
     "nethost": {
-      "baseline": "2019-12-21",
-      "port-version": 2
+      "baseline": "6.0.5",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "nettle": {
       "baseline": "3.7.3",
diff --git a/versions/n-/nethost.json b/versions/n-/nethost.json
index 0181e8cdef56e8..979f1d08540bc1 100644
--- a/versions/n-/nethost.json
+++ b/versions/n-/nethost.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "267a7f140709e65c5d692a7f3add885021764c25",
+      "version": "6.0.5",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "5b1a7d98ce2c1520bbb370dfc2fcb8c3d704c300",
       "version-date": "2019-12-21",