diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/adjust-python-dep.patch b/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/adjust-python-dep.patch
index 115ccbbe52f08b..0cbfe717de9b83 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/adjust-python-dep.patch
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/adjust-python-dep.patch
@@ -1,30 +1,20 @@
 diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/python.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/python.py
-index 38e3d5f..6427980 100644
+index 883a29a..d9a82af 100644
 --- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/python.py
 +++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/python.py
-@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ class PythonSystemDependency(SystemDependency, _PythonDependencyBase):
-         # compile args
-+        verdot = self.variables.get('py_version_short')
-         inc_paths = mesonlib.OrderedSet([
-             self.variables.get('INCLUDEPY'),
--            self.paths.get('include'),
-+            self.paths.get('include') + f'/../../../include/python${verdot}',
-             self.paths.get('platinclude')])
- 
-         self.compile_args += ['-I' + path for path in inc_paths if path]
-@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ class PythonSystemDependency(SystemDependency, _PythonDependencyBase):
-                     else:
-                         libpath = Path(f'python{vernum}.dll')
+@@ -232,8 +232,10 @@ class _PythonDependencyBase(_Base):
                  else:
-                     if limited_api:
-                         vernum = vernum[0]
--                    libpath = Path('libs') / f'python{vernum}.lib'
-+                    libpath = Path('libs') / f'..' / f'..' / f'..' / f'lib' / f'python{vernum}.lib'
+                     if self.is_freethreaded:
+                         libpath = Path('libs') / f'python{vernum}t.lib'
++                        libpath = Path('libs') / f'..' / f'..' / f'..' / f'lib' / f'python{vernum}t.lib'
+                     else:
+                         libpath = Path('libs') / f'python{vernum}.lib'
++                        libpath = Path('libs') / f'..' / f'..' / f'..' / f'lib' / f'python{vernum}.lib'
                      # For a debug build, pyconfig.h may force linking with
                      # pythonX_d.lib (see meson#10776). This cannot be avoided
                      # and won't work unless we also have a debug build of
-@@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ class PythonSystemDependency(SystemDependency, _PythonDependencyBase):
-                         vscrt = self.env.coredata.options[mesonlib.OptionKey('b_vscrt')].value
+@@ -250,6 +252,8 @@ class _PythonDependencyBase(_Base):
+                         vscrt = self.env.coredata.optstore.get_value('b_vscrt')
                          if vscrt in {'mdd', 'mtd', 'from_buildtype', 'static_from_buildtype'}:
                              vscrt_debug = True
 +                    if is_debug_build:
@@ -32,15 +22,24 @@ index 38e3d5f..6427980 100644
                      if is_debug_build and vscrt_debug and not self.variables.get('Py_DEBUG'):
                          mlog.warning(textwrap.dedent('''\
                              Using a debug build type with MSVC or an MSVC-compatible compiler
-@@ -390,10 +390,7 @@ def python_factory(env: 'Environment', for_machine: 'MachineChoice', 
-                     set_env('PKG_CONFIG_PATH', old_pkg_path)
+@@ -350,9 +354,10 @@ class PythonSystemDependency(SystemDependency, _PythonDependencyBase):
+             self.is_found = True
  
+         # compile args
++        verdot = self.variables.get('py_version_short')
+         inc_paths = mesonlib.OrderedSet([
+             self.variables.get('INCLUDEPY'),
+-            self.paths.get('include'),
++            self.paths.get('include') + f'/../../../include/python${verdot}',
+             self.paths.get('platinclude')])
+ 
+         self.compile_args += ['-I' + path for path in inc_paths if path]
+@@ -416,7 +421,7 @@ def python_factory(env: 'Environment', for_machine: 'MachineChoice',
              candidates.append(functools.partial(wrap_in_pythons_pc_dir, pkg_name, env, kwargs, installation))
-+            candidates.append(functools.partial(PythonPkgConfigDependency, pkg_name, env, kwargs, installation))
--            # We only need to check both, if a python install has a LIBPC. It might point to the wrong location,
--            # e.g. relocated / cross compilation, but the presence of LIBPC indicates we should definitely look for something.
+             # We only need to check both, if a python install has a LIBPC. It might point to the wrong location,
+             # e.g. relocated / cross compilation, but the presence of LIBPC indicates we should definitely look for something.
 -            if pkg_libdir is not None:
--                candidates.append(functools.partial(PythonPkgConfigDependency, pkg_name, env, kwargs, installation))
++            if True or pkg_libdir is not None:
+                 candidates.append(functools.partial(PythonPkgConfigDependency, pkg_name, env, kwargs, installation))
          else:
              candidates.append(functools.partial(PkgConfigDependency, 'python3', env, kwargs))
- 
diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/meson-1.4-llvm-18.diff b/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/meson-1.4-llvm-18.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index d3c2eb25740d0f..00000000000000
--- a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/meson-1.4-llvm-18.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/mesonbuild/environment.py b/mesonbuild/environment.py
-index 86bbbb1368b8..54fb50af117d 100644
---- a/mesonbuild/environment.py
-+++ b/mesonbuild/environment.py
-@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ def get_llvm_tool_names(tool: str) -> T.List[str]:
-     # unless it becomes a stable release.
-     suffixes = [
-         '', # base (no suffix)
-+        '-18.1', '18.1',
-+        '-18',  '18',
-         '-17',  '17',
-         '-16',  '16',
-         '-15',  '15',
diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/portfile.cmake b/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/portfile.cmake
index 15de27a4811710..e7e0689866a13c 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/portfile.cmake
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ set(patches
   adjust-python-dep.patch
   adjust-args.patch
   remove-freebsd-pcfile-specialization.patch
-  meson-1.4-llvm-18.diff
 )
 set(scripts
   vcpkg-port-config.cmake
diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/remove-freebsd-pcfile-specialization.patch b/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/remove-freebsd-pcfile-specialization.patch
index dafee8f1a00640..df419a52f5055c 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/remove-freebsd-pcfile-specialization.patch
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/remove-freebsd-pcfile-specialization.patch
@@ -1,20 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/pkgconfig.py b/mesonbuild/modules/pkgconfig.py
+index ebe0d92..904090b 100644
 --- a/mesonbuild/modules/pkgconfig.py
 +++ b/mesonbuild/modules/pkgconfig.py
-@@ -702,15 +702,8 @@ class PkgConfigModule(ExtensionModule):
+@@ -693,6 +693,9 @@ class PkgConfigModule(NewExtensionModule):
          pcfile = filebase + '.pc'
          pkgroot = pkgroot_name = kwargs['install_dir'] or default_install_dir
          if pkgroot is None:
--             if mesonlib.is_freebsd():
--                 pkgroot = os.path.join(_as_str(state.environment.coredata.get_option(mesonlib.OptionKey('prefix'))), 'libdata', 'pkgconfig')
--                 pkgroot_name = os.path.join('{prefix}', 'libdata', 'pkgconfig')
--             elif mesonlib.is_haiku():
--                 pkgroot = os.path.join(_as_str(state.environment.coredata.get_option(mesonlib.OptionKey('prefix'))), 'develop', 'lib', 'pkgconfig')
--                 pkgroot_name = os.path.join('{prefix}', 'develop', 'lib', 'pkgconfig')
--             else:
--                 pkgroot = os.path.join(_as_str(state.environment.coredata.get_option(mesonlib.OptionKey('libdir'))), 'pkgconfig')
--                 pkgroot_name = os.path.join('{libdir}', 'pkgconfig')
-+            pkgroot = os.path.join(state.environment.coredata.get_option(mesonlib.OptionKey('libdir')), 'pkgconfig')
++            pkgroot = os.path.join(_as_str(state.environment.coredata.get_option(mesonlib.OptionKey('libdir'))), 'pkgconfig')
 +            pkgroot_name = os.path.join('{libdir}', 'pkgconfig')
-         relocatable = state.get_option('relocatable', module='pkgconfig')
-         self._generate_pkgconfig_file(state, deps, subdirs, name, description, url,
-                                       version, pcfile, conflicts, variables,
++        elif False:
+             if mesonlib.is_freebsd():
+                 pkgroot = os.path.join(_as_str(state.environment.coredata.get_option(mesonlib.OptionKey('prefix'))), 'libdata', 'pkgconfig')
+                 pkgroot_name = os.path.join('{prefix}', 'libdata', 'pkgconfig')
diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/vcpkg-port-config.cmake b/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/vcpkg-port-config.cmake
index 22e173549344f5..40aaa0680e0b29 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/vcpkg-port-config.cmake
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/vcpkg-port-config.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+include("${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/share/vcpkg-cmake-get-vars/vcpkg-port-config.cmake")
 # Overwrite builtin scripts
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg_configure_meson.cmake")
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg_install_meson.cmake")
@@ -9,11 +10,11 @@ set(program MESON)
 set(program_version @VERSION@)
 set(program_name meson)
 set(search_names meson meson.py)
-set(ref 614d436232d3a86518164cbe2b8af12db3bde009)
+set(ref "${program_version}")
 set(path_to_search "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/meson-${program_version}-${meson_short_hash}")
 set(download_urls "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/archive/${ref}.tar.gz")
 set(download_filename "meson-${ref}.tar.gz")
-set(download_sha512 c087da0113e76501fff66e68ac9ef7aede5e6672f1dc7201608cce9e5e1d202d3f4bf92beec1a5e4e8169f6ed1cedbb44b57ede2753437a61a13578de8d22040)
+set(download_sha512 328859712ebe33c042d66e762a1ffbc6f4a3f44d1b2d76e6c09b5a73a967873d24646bf0d6af27bd36427c7e6a37a0ec6595754fcbeef85724e176c6c1e52a8d)
 
 find_program(SCRIPT_MESON NAMES ${search_names} PATHS "${path_to_search}" NO_DEFAULT_PATH) # NO_DEFAULT_PATH due top patching
 
diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/vcpkg.json b/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/vcpkg.json
index 5f52a854147912..35db394e1f5c61 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "vcpkg-tool-meson",
-  "version": "1.3.2",
-  "port-version": 8,
+  "version": "1.5.1",
   "description": "Meson build system",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "supports": "native"
+  "supports": "native",
+  "dependencies": [
+    "vcpkg-cmake-get-vars"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/vcpkg_configure_meson.cmake b/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/vcpkg_configure_meson.cmake
index 2bb67aeb88268a..061ecfae231a90 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/vcpkg_configure_meson.cmake
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-tool-meson/vcpkg_configure_meson.cmake
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ function(z_vcpkg_meson_set_proglist_variables config_type)
             if(meson_${prog})
                 string(TOUPPER "MESON_${meson_${prog}}" var_to_set)
                 set("${var_to_set}" "${meson_${prog}} = ['${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${prog}}']" PARENT_SCOPE)
-            elseif(${prog} STREQUAL AR AND VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_${config_type})
+            elseif(${prog} STREQUAL AR AND VCPKG_COMBINED_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_${config_type})
                 # Probably need to move AR somewhere else
                 string(TOLOWER "${prog}" proglower)
-                z_vcpkg_meson_convert_compiler_flags_to_list(ar_flags "${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_${config_type}}")
+                z_vcpkg_meson_convert_compiler_flags_to_list(ar_flags "${VCPKG_COMBINED_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_${config_type}}")
                 list(PREPEND ar_flags "${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${prog}}")
                 z_vcpkg_meson_convert_list_to_python_array(ar_flags ${ar_flags})
                 set("MESON_AR" "${proglower} = ${ar_flags}" PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ function(z_vcpkg_meson_set_proglist_variables config_type)
         if(VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${prog}_COMPILER)
             string(TOUPPER "MESON_${prog}" var_to_set)
             if(meson_${prog})
-                if(VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${prog}_FLAGS_${config_type})
+                if(VCPKG_COMBINED_${prog}_FLAGS_${config_type})
                     # Need compiler flags in prog vars for sanity check.
-                    z_vcpkg_meson_convert_compiler_flags_to_list(${prog}flags "${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${prog}_FLAGS_${config_type}}")
+                    z_vcpkg_meson_convert_compiler_flags_to_list(${prog}flags "${VCPKG_COMBINED_${prog}_FLAGS_${config_type}}")
                 endif()
                 list(PREPEND ${prog}flags "${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${prog}_COMPILER}")
                 list(FILTER ${prog}flags EXCLUDE REGEX "(-|/)nologo") # Breaks compiler detection otherwise
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ function(z_vcpkg_meson_set_proglist_variables config_type)
                     set(${var_to_set} "${meson_${prog}}_ld = ['${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_LINKER}']" PARENT_SCOPE)
                 endif()
             else()
-                if(VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${prog}_FLAGS_${config_type})
+                if(VCPKG_COMBINED_${prog}_FLAGS_${config_type})
                      # Need compiler flags in prog vars for sanity check.
-                    z_vcpkg_meson_convert_compiler_flags_to_list(${prog}flags "${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${prog}_FLAGS_${config_type}}")
+                    z_vcpkg_meson_convert_compiler_flags_to_list(${prog}flags "${VCPKG_COMBINED_${prog}_FLAGS_${config_type}}")
                 endif()
                 list(PREPEND ${prog}flags "${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${prog}_COMPILER}")
                 list(FILTER ${prog}flags EXCLUDE REGEX "(-|/)nologo") # Breaks compiler detection otherwise
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function(z_vcpkg_meson_set_flags_variables config_type)
     set(libpath "${libpath_flag}${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}${path_suffix}/lib")
 
     foreach(lang IN LISTS arg_LANGUAGES)
-        z_vcpkg_meson_convert_compiler_flags_to_list(${lang}flags "${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_${lang}_FLAGS_${config_type}}")
+        z_vcpkg_meson_convert_compiler_flags_to_list(${lang}flags "${VCPKG_COMBINED_${lang}_FLAGS_${config_type}}")
         if(lang MATCHES "^(C|CXX)$")
             vcpkg_list(APPEND ${lang}flags "${includepath}")
         endif()
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function(z_vcpkg_meson_set_flags_variables config_type)
             set(langlower cpp)
         endif()
         set(MESON_${lang_mapping}FLAGS "${langlower}_args = ${${lang}flags}\n")
-        set(linker_flags "${VCPKG_DETECTED_CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_${config_type}}")
+        set(linker_flags "${VCPKG_COMBINED_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_${config_type}}")
         z_vcpkg_meson_convert_compiler_flags_to_list(linker_flags "${linker_flags}")
         vcpkg_list(APPEND linker_flags "${libpath}")
         z_vcpkg_meson_convert_list_to_python_array(linker_flags ${linker_flags})
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ function(vcpkg_generate_meson_cmd_args)
     if(NOT VCPKG_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
         z_vcpkg_select_default_vcpkg_chainload_toolchain()
     endif()
-    z_vcpkg_get_cmake_vars(cmake_vars_file)
+    vcpkg_cmake_get_vars(cmake_vars_file)
     debug_message("Including cmake vars from: ${cmake_vars_file}")
     include("${cmake_vars_file}")
 
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 7102c3345f90ab..00a3ef3bf364a9 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -9241,8 +9241,8 @@
       "port-version": 1
     },
     "vcpkg-tool-meson": {
-      "baseline": "1.3.2",
-      "port-version": 8
+      "baseline": "1.5.1",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "vcpkg-tool-mozbuild": {
       "baseline": "4.0.2",
diff --git a/versions/v-/vcpkg-tool-meson.json b/versions/v-/vcpkg-tool-meson.json
index aee7cd103f8795..a2144c1ecbf3b1 100644
--- a/versions/v-/vcpkg-tool-meson.json
+++ b/versions/v-/vcpkg-tool-meson.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "cdfb605662a81299245a1ea4a3659fab1ddaff70",
+      "version": "1.5.1",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "22011ab1f929bf881c5521272ee0818cb75dee1c",
       "version": "1.3.2",