diff --git a/ports/redis-plus-plus/fix-absolute-path.patch b/ports/redis-plus-plus/fix-absolute-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..16c0ebbfa9f93f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/redis-plus-plus/fix-absolute-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index a075aca..8657ef7 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${HIREDIS_FEATURE_TEST_LIB})
+ 
+ CHECK_SYMBOL_EXISTS(redisEnableKeepAliveWithInterval ${HIREDIS_FEATURE_TEST_HEADER} REDIS_PLUS_PLUS_HAS_redisEnableKeepAliveWithInterval)
+ 
+-configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/hiredis_features.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${REDIS_PLUS_PLUS_SOURCE_DIR}/hiredis_features.h)
++configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/hiredis_features.h.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${REDIS_PLUS_PLUS_SOURCE_DIR}/hiredis_features.h")
+ 
+ # Restore CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES
+ set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES_BACK})
diff --git a/ports/redis-plus-plus/portfile.cmake b/ports/redis-plus-plus/portfile.cmake
index 59bfb981978808..fb1b9b789eaa18 100644
--- a/ports/redis-plus-plus/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/redis-plus-plus/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO sewenew/redis-plus-plus
-    REF f3b19a8a1f609d1a1b79002802e5cf8c336dc262 # 1.3.7
-    SHA512 c99a4506be06224ebc4adaa29d5eeff0f6efae8b99e48ac02c26cec4a86fb46237a7d380ddb89eddc3d2e75c0c567e9b68610bcf271a0c708bca8ca6a5641075
+    REF 4368319fb668204f345da05b9dd79762506c67b6 # 1.3.8
+    SHA512 37774078fb98992c4b4be276c91a2b6a8b8810d62a5087184d1fa2c05db77de15058d5139747578f7a2f9219351c05de32740b63c153ea902493d4b5d05c2d68
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
         fix-conversion.patch
         fix-dependency-libuv.patch
+        fix-absolute-path.patch
 )
 
 if("cxx17" IN_LIST FEATURES)
diff --git a/ports/redis-plus-plus/vcpkg.json b/ports/redis-plus-plus/vcpkg.json
index 93ee982c1d0f7a..7d4cf1ffb5f61c 100644
--- a/ports/redis-plus-plus/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/redis-plus-plus/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "redis-plus-plus",
-  "version-semver": "1.3.7",
+  "version-semver": "1.3.8",
   "description": "This is a C++ client for Redis. It's based on hiredis, and written in C++ 11",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/sewenew/redis-plus-plus",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 1fcee846316de5..106aa7570374de 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -7061,7 +7061,7 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "redis-plus-plus": {
-      "baseline": "1.3.7",
+      "baseline": "1.3.8",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "refl-cpp": {
diff --git a/versions/r-/redis-plus-plus.json b/versions/r-/redis-plus-plus.json
index 11bfa678f10c6a..05ed755fca84fc 100644
--- a/versions/r-/redis-plus-plus.json
+++ b/versions/r-/redis-plus-plus.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "c359e3bd938ceb9f3f5cde1b8aa4e435c9123534",
+      "version-semver": "1.3.8",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "6a48ccb1b618d7dedeeb50bde2ecc413b63c3742",
       "version-semver": "1.3.7",