diff --git a/ports/libxcrypt/portfile.cmake b/ports/libxcrypt/portfile.cmake
index d5211df754c26b..56a3db7c33aa2d 100644
--- a/ports/libxcrypt/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libxcrypt/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,43 +1,27 @@
 set(VCPKG_POLICY_ALLOW_RESTRICTED_HEADERS enabled)
 
-# Requirements from https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt?tab=readme-ov-file#build-requirements-and-instructions
-message(
-"${PORT} currently requires the following libraries from the system package manager:
-    autoconf automake libtool pkg-config
-These can be installed on Debian systems via sudo apt install autoconf automake libtool pkg-config"
-)
-find_program(AUTORECONF_BIN autoreconf)
-if(NOT AUTORECONF_BIN)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "${PORT} requires autoconf from the system package manager (example: \"sudo apt install autoconf\")")
-endif()
-find_program(LIBTOOL_BIN libtoolize)
-if(NOT LIBTOOL_BIN)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "${PORT} requires libtool from the system package manager (example: \"sudo apt install libtool\")")
-endif()
+message(STATUS "${PORT} requires libltdl-dev from the system package manager (example: \"sudo apt install libltdl-dev\")")
 
-vcpkg_download_distfile(PATCH_FIX_ERROR_STRICT_OVERFLOW
-    URLS https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/commit/7fc153170ea6c2938c0392794778de7ec995f8f9.patch?full_index=1
-    SHA512 55f4709c52f6d0a29f159348821c06e3f5df0fae83f487b7a52ce61cd3f6a3a0f48023159fb7029d0a5a3decee36ac6a429cc91e23a83996a3265d681fa11929
-    FILENAME besser82-libxcrypt-7fc153170ea6c2938c0392794778de7ec995f8f9.patch
-)
+vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PERL)
+set(ENV{PERL} "${PERL}")
+
+vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PKGCONFIG)
+set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG} "${PKGCONFIG}")
 
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO besser82/libxcrypt
     REF "v${VERSION}"
-    SHA512 61e5e393654f37775457474d4170098314879ee79963d423c1c461e80dc5dc74f0c161dd8754f016ce96109167be6c580ad23994fa1d2c38c54b96e602f3aece
-    PATCHES
-        "${PATCH_FIX_ERROR_STRICT_OVERFLOW}"
+    SHA512 05b0288ca1f1371674516df2e6cc9034f34057bb86a4b1702577dcf1eb7ce4730fad3e660d69123f108aec1f1ab8a0f84aec50ada012fe523e94d10e2303835e
 )
 
-vcpkg_configure_make(
+vcpkg_make_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
-    AUTOCONFIG
+    AUTORECONF
 )
-
-vcpkg_install_make()
+vcpkg_make_install()
 vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
 
-vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSING" "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING.LIB")
-
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share")
+
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSING" "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING.LIB")
diff --git a/ports/libxcrypt/vcpkg.json b/ports/libxcrypt/vcpkg.json
index 04267a232b596f..098a81b7883a13 100644
--- a/ports/libxcrypt/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/libxcrypt/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 {
   "name": "libxcrypt",
-  "version": "4.4.36",
-  "port-version": 2,
+  "version": "4.4.38",
   "description": "libxcrypt is a modern library for one-way hashing of passwords. On Linux-based systems, by default libxcrypt will be binary backward compatible with the libcrypt.so.1 shipped as part of the GNU C Library.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt",
-  "license": "LGPL-2.1-only",
-  "supports": "linux"
+  "license": null,
+  "supports": "linux",
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-make",
+      "host": true
+    }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index f165815895c977..1a8bcad686160e 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -5437,8 +5437,8 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "libxcrypt": {
-      "baseline": "4.4.36",
-      "port-version": 2
+      "baseline": "4.4.38",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "libxcvt": {
       "baseline": "0.1.2",
diff --git a/versions/l-/libxcrypt.json b/versions/l-/libxcrypt.json
index 5a2a3ea96a87fa..0c2274e26d060e 100644
--- a/versions/l-/libxcrypt.json
+++ b/versions/l-/libxcrypt.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "823052bfe81904cdf887fc83bbbf57eec872d057",
+      "version": "4.4.38",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "825ff0426ce377f1e386f7effd1f3dfb5e218a64",
       "version": "4.4.36",