diff --git a/ports/xmlsec/CMakeLists.txt b/ports/xmlsec/CMakeLists.txt
index bbd9ea9d2ca356..29ad983d6079fc 100644
--- a/ports/xmlsec/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ports/xmlsec/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,34 +68,36 @@ target_include_directories(xmlsec1 PUBLIC
 target_link_libraries(xmlsec1 PUBLIC LibXml2::LibXml2)
 target_link_libraries(xmlsec1-openssl PUBLIC xmlsec1 OpenSSL::Crypto)
 
-add_compile_definitions(inline=__inline)
-add_compile_definitions(PACKAGE="xmlsec1")
-add_compile_definitions(HAVE_STDIO_H)
-add_compile_definitions(HAVE_STDLIB_H)
-add_compile_definitions(HAVE_STRING_H)
-add_compile_definitions(HAVE_CTYPE_H)
-add_compile_definitions(HAVE_MALLOC_H)
-add_compile_definitions(HAVE_MEMORY_H)
-add_compile_definitions(XMLSEC_DEFAULT_CRYPTO="openssl")
-add_compile_definitions(UNICODE)
-add_compile_definitions(_UNICODE)
-add_compile_definitions(_MBCS)
-add_compile_definitions(_REENTRANT)
+add_compile_definitions(
+	inline=__inline
+	PACKAGE="xmlsec1"
+	HAVE_STDIO_H
+	HAVE_STDLIB_H
+	HAVE_STRING_H
+	HAVE_CTYPE_H
+	HAVE_MALLOC_H
+	HAVE_MEMORY_H
+	XMLSEC_DEFAULT_CRYPTO="openssl"
+	UNICODE
+	_UNICODE
+	_MBCS
+	_REENTRANT
+	WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+)
 
 set_target_properties(xmlsec1 xmlsec1-openssl PROPERTIES VERSION ${XMLSEC_VERSION_MAJOR}.${XMLSEC_VERSION_MINOR})
 
-set(XMLSEC_CORE_CFLAGS "")
+set(XMLSEC_CORE_CFLAGS XMLSEC_NO_XSLT XMLSEC_CRYPTO_OPENSSL XMLSEC_NO_FTP XMLSEC_NO_HTTP)
 if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set(XMLSEC_CORE_CFLAGS "-DLIBXML_STATIC -DXMLSEC_STATIC -DXMLSEC_NO_CRYPTO_DYNAMIC_LOADING")
-    target_compile_definitions(xmlsec1 PUBLIC XMLSEC_STATIC XMLSEC_NO_CRYPTO_DYNAMIC_LOADING)
+    list(APPEND XMLSEC_CORE_CFLAGS XMLSEC_STATIC XMLSEC_NO_CRYPTO_DYNAMIC_LOADING)
 endif()
-set(XMLSEC_OPENSSL_CFLAGS ${XMLSEC_CORE_CFLAGS})
+set(XMLSEC_OPENSSL_CFLAGS XMLSEC_NO_MD5 XMLSEC_NO_RIPEMD160 XMLSEC_NO_GOST XMLSEC_NO_GOST2012)
 
 target_compile_definitions(xmlsec1
     PRIVATE $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:XMLSEC_DL_WIN32>
-    PUBLIC XMLSEC_NO_XSLT XMLSEC_CRYPTO_OPENSSL
+    PUBLIC ${XMLSEC_CORE_CFLAGS} 
 )
-target_compile_definitions(xmlsec1-openssl PUBLIC XMLSEC_NO_GOST XMLSEC_NO_GOST2012)
+target_compile_definitions(xmlsec1-openssl PUBLIC ${XMLSEC_OPENSSL_CFLAGS})
 
 install(TARGETS xmlsec1 xmlsec1-openssl
     EXPORT unofficial-xmlsec-targets
@@ -153,11 +155,12 @@ set(libdir ${prefix}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 set(includedir ${prefix}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
 set(VERSION ${XMLSEC_VERSION})
 set(LIBXML_MIN_VERSION ${LIBXML2_VERSION_STRING})
-set(OPENSSL_LIBS "-lcrypto")
-set(XMLSEC_CORE_CFLAGS "${XMLSEC_CORE_CFLAGS} -DXMLSEC_DL_LIBLTDL=1 -I\${includedir}/xmlsec1 -DXMLSEC_CRYPTO_OPENSSL=1")
+list(JOIN XMLSEC_CORE_CFLAGS " -D" XMLSEC_CORE_CFLAGS)
+set(XMLSEC_CORE_CFLAGS "-D${XMLSEC_CORE_CFLAGS} -I\${includedir}/xmlsec1")
 set(XMLSEC_CORE_LIBS "-lxmlsec1 -lltdl")
-set(XMLSEC_OPENSSL_CFLAGS "${XMLSEC_OPENSSL_CFLAGS} -I\${includedir}/xmlsec1")
-set(XMLSEC_OPENSSL_LIBS "-L\${libdir} -lxmlsec1-openssl ${XMLSEC_CORE_LIBS} ${OPENSSL_LIBS}")
+list(JOIN XMLSEC_OPENSSL_CFLAGS " -D" XMLSEC_OPENSSL_CFLAGS)
+set(XMLSEC_OPENSSL_CFLAGS "${XMLSEC_CORE_CFLAGS} -D${XMLSEC_OPENSSL_CFLAGS}")
+set(XMLSEC_OPENSSL_LIBS "-L\${libdir} -lxmlsec1-openssl ${XMLSEC_CORE_LIBS} -lcrypto")
 
 configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/xmlsec.pc.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/xmlsec1.pc @ONLY)
 configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/xmlsec-openssl.pc.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/xmlsec1-openssl.pc @ONLY)
diff --git a/ports/xmlsec/portfile.cmake b/ports/xmlsec/portfile.cmake
index 5410e3da631ae0..79aa40d7f4dd1e 100644
--- a/ports/xmlsec/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/xmlsec/portfile.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO lsh123/xmlsec
     REF "${release_tag}"
-    SHA512 6e41c35042e5a74e135cfb7468aa5c09b3c9ba684ab2431ecedce950f7c99c92fc8765c1c8c2ddfd87718bd00f4a287028227da1e987f2ef17ce2594356e81af
+    SHA512 28130c10d79f652e3533e6ede5fdaab0f6db5a4bbaaca4713b62df9af2ae2d5314acf82d01f344f87faf95c12099fd77e0858cbe5232a96de1d531e6284ede1b
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES 
         pkgconfig_fixes.patch
diff --git a/ports/xmlsec/vcpkg.json b/ports/xmlsec/vcpkg.json
index c504e7733c8a7a..719aea949bead3 100644
--- a/ports/xmlsec/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/xmlsec/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "xmlsec",
-  "version": "1.3.6",
+  "version": "1.3.7",
   "description": "XML Security Library is a C library based on LibXML2. The library supports major XML security standards.",
   "homepage": "https://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/",
   "license": "X11 AND MPL-1.1",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 30a0b6a2ea471b..836a00057b211c 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -9993,7 +9993,7 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "xmlsec": {
-      "baseline": "1.3.6",
+      "baseline": "1.3.7",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "xnnpack": {
diff --git a/versions/x-/xmlsec.json b/versions/x-/xmlsec.json
index 0ad0e95569c66f..1549c2cf8d7ca4 100644
--- a/versions/x-/xmlsec.json
+++ b/versions/x-/xmlsec.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "981d2bea8296b17959768d20e8842643870b4cb6",
+      "version": "1.3.7",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "53a0926b6c125320e29773130a9992c43cfd9815",
       "version": "1.3.6",