diff --git a/ports/directxtk/portfile.cmake b/ports/directxtk/portfile.cmake
index be1be87a9ab651..1fcbd508a33a54 100644
--- a/ports/directxtk/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/directxtk/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-set(DIRECTXTK_TAG oct2024)
-
-vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+set(DIRECTXTK_TAG mar2025)
 
 if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_MINGW)
     message(NOTICE "Building ${PORT} for MinGW requires the HLSL Compiler fxc.exe also be in the PATH. See https://aka.ms/windowssdk.")
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO Microsoft/DirectXTK
     REF ${DIRECTXTK_TAG}
-    SHA512 a0c51fbbb9e639ba73dcdfcb2de0b8a859720bba4bd9273a40c4cc2cb949927815ab291e676a676ebd437c473f8548a7b323e7e349ff5a06d04af97d3edc2866
+    SHA512 b19291021a338291cde5cee4f9d001309f1503448895d2ec2199901c5993ca5efd719283bc6bdc3d0ee262ae13907ae55995d7df404200c5b860e9e1643d2b0a
     HEAD_REF main
 )
 
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ vcpkg_check_features(
         tools BUILD_TOOLS
         xaudio2-9 BUILD_XAUDIO_WIN10
         xaudio2-8 BUILD_XAUDIO_WIN8
-        xaudio2redist BUILD_XAUDIO_WIN7
+        xaudio2redist BUILD_XAUDIO_REDIST
 )
 
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ if("tools" IN_LIST FEATURES)
     MAKESPRITEFONT_EXE
     URLS "https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTK/releases/download/${DIRECTXTK_TAG}/MakeSpriteFont.exe"
     FILENAME "makespritefont-${DIRECTXTK_TAG}.exe"
-    SHA512 b7cc8a4b1920d85a0b826a4aac6053f0f0e7411dd115d3afc5fb5d2542661d47de11e81cc94830059ca29b0511f585913479fdba24da7f5bff03627a8117a60d
+    SHA512 efc5b2e4aac1d0792d365df220249fd85b55287200e89528233845ee49157f1e09181ade829b8afbd3ced8e425a730f4ac6c3ce15535d8bc19d8d2bb768c8004
   )
 
   file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/directxtk/")
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ if("tools" IN_LIST FEATURES)
       XWBTOOL_EXE
       URLS "https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTK/releases/download/${DIRECTXTK_TAG}/XWBTool.exe"
       FILENAME "xwbtool-${DIRECTXTK_TAG}.exe"
-      SHA512 b08f61e7a6190f779ebecd25ec6d8c95c86ed231582b7567e83ededd5c8e0f7497f1c962535e29b204b897e0734f69d7eef78637a77bb9b401e6d1e66821e98b
+      SHA512 8e719b2acad1ec1f2f9985626f5a6d606135360394fa4e9c8864e12efb70b1bbc80b4aa0a655b38a379020389a3fe7608ba265bf4c8430b7fa46b54c3b07019b
     )
 
     file(INSTALL "${XWBTOOL_EXE}" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/directxtk/")
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ if("tools" IN_LIST FEATURES)
       XWBTOOL_EXE
       URLS "https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTK/releases/download/${DIRECTXTK_TAG}/XWBTool_arm64.exe"
       FILENAME "xwbtool-${DIRECTXTK_TAG}-arm64.exe"
-      SHA512 b25000552c74081b0da117b4b762b98eb68c5de6f6b65a8208811900316f8138f717e6050a30dcb7c71e3e2c01cba12b8dc6d4a9ade45da39abfd2fc3ef679e3
+      SHA512 1d3ec35eac3034ceca79f8b2200945a698eb2a635cf7e0d8e7369afc5326636fceab777e3352aa1a9ccbdd556a549df2e17228daf44e24aa4dca809cceba7eac
     )
 
     file(INSTALL "${XWBTOOL_EXE}" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/directxtk/")
diff --git a/ports/directxtk/vcpkg.json b/ports/directxtk/vcpkg.json
index a87334d617c2c2..bbea97d0f18309 100644
--- a/ports/directxtk/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/directxtk/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "directxtk",
-  "version-date": "2024-10-28",
+  "version-date": "2025-03-20",
   "description": "A collection of helper classes for writing DirectX 11.x code in C++.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTK",
   "documentation": "https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXTK/wiki",
diff --git a/ports/directxtk12/portfile.cmake b/ports/directxtk12/portfile.cmake
index 57ede521fa3dd7..286125e2f324f3 100644
--- a/ports/directxtk12/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/directxtk12/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-set(DIRECTXTK_TAG oct2024)
-
-vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+set(DIRECTXTK_TAG mar2025)
 
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO Microsoft/DirectXTK12
     REF ${DIRECTXTK_TAG}
-    SHA512 bfa254615395f464a7ec1fe544dbb3ef9cf2c755e6902ec9b472fe4e3d6848381cf476435665309c27dbacebceb2a745e865f42eb7b037364dab9fc8eb74d21f
+    SHA512 d6071bd9493f69357dd5a0c2020a9e78154619dc443e6bdd2e1498ceff0650655c67798968a15377a8904d00e06220ae86fe94d01f7f8afb202bee3d4361a163
     HEAD_REF main
 )
 
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ if("tools" IN_LIST FEATURES)
     MAKESPRITEFONT_EXE
     URLS "https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTK12/releases/download/${DIRECTXTK_TAG}/MakeSpriteFont.exe"
     FILENAME "makespritefont-${DIRECTXTK_TAG}.exe"
-    SHA512 b7cc8a4b1920d85a0b826a4aac6053f0f0e7411dd115d3afc5fb5d2542661d47de11e81cc94830059ca29b0511f585913479fdba24da7f5bff03627a8117a60d
+    SHA512 efc5b2e4aac1d0792d365df220249fd85b55287200e89528233845ee49157f1e09181ade829b8afbd3ced8e425a730f4ac6c3ce15535d8bc19d8d2bb768c8004
   )
 
   file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/directxtk12/")
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ if("tools" IN_LIST FEATURES)
       XWBTOOL_EXE
       URLS "https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTK12/releases/download/${DIRECTXTK_TAG}/XWBTool.exe"
       FILENAME "xwbtool-${DIRECTXTK_TAG}.exe"
-      SHA512 b08f61e7a6190f779ebecd25ec6d8c95c86ed231582b7567e83ededd5c8e0f7497f1c962535e29b204b897e0734f69d7eef78637a77bb9b401e6d1e66821e98b
+      SHA512 8e719b2acad1ec1f2f9985626f5a6d606135360394fa4e9c8864e12efb70b1bbc80b4aa0a655b38a379020389a3fe7608ba265bf4c8430b7fa46b54c3b07019b
     )
 
     file(INSTALL "${XWBTOOL_EXE}" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/directxtk12/")
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ if("tools" IN_LIST FEATURES)
       XWBTOOL_EXE
       URLS "https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTK12/releases/download/${DIRECTXTK_TAG}/XWBTool_arm64.exe"
       FILENAME "xwbtool-${DIRECTXTK_TAG}-arm64.exe"
-      SHA512 b25000552c74081b0da117b4b762b98eb68c5de6f6b65a8208811900316f8138f717e6050a30dcb7c71e3e2c01cba12b8dc6d4a9ade45da39abfd2fc3ef679e3
+      SHA512 1d3ec35eac3034ceca79f8b2200945a698eb2a635cf7e0d8e7369afc5326636fceab777e3352aa1a9ccbdd556a549df2e17228daf44e24aa4dca809cceba7eac
     )
 
     file(INSTALL "${XWBTOOL_EXE}" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/directxtk12/")
diff --git a/ports/directxtk12/vcpkg.json b/ports/directxtk12/vcpkg.json
index 34f8ec33e43748..5d65d059cfe2ca 100644
--- a/ports/directxtk12/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/directxtk12/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "directxtk12",
-  "version-date": "2024-10-28",
+  "version-date": "2025-03-20",
   "description": "A collection of helper classes for writing DirectX 12 code in C++.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTK12",
   "documentation": "https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXTK12/wiki",
diff --git a/ports/gameinput/portfile.cmake b/ports/gameinput/portfile.cmake
index 2d69ead3841044..1cadeb8ebda81a 100644
--- a/ports/gameinput/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/gameinput/portfile.cmake
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ else()
     vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
         URLS "https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/Microsoft.GameInput/${VERSION}"
         FILENAME "gameinput.${VERSION}.zip"
-        SHA512 4ad0e8a2ff14e498632557c64cdcd967c6b166b405b2c60427578a5f8b32b925184a1c74bce95a7a73a129e61edddbec030c4abe4ada287a2ce9ae50178cdcea
+        SHA512 37d8f27fe3d9a06cbc0f309dda9ac9f770f2ac51ed293ca38bd33b2e1a7f16428a92acd9a816672f9295a072522fec386a16e21d5cc9daccf28e39453bf7cd6e
     )
 
     vcpkg_extract_source_archive(
diff --git a/ports/gameinput/vcpkg.json b/ports/gameinput/vcpkg.json
index c062127a37a334..501a1860dc4b45 100644
--- a/ports/gameinput/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/gameinput/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gameinput",
-  "version": "0.2303.22621.3038",
+  "version": "1.0.26100.3987",
   "description": "GameInput",
   "homepage": "https://aka.ms/gameinput",
   "license": null,
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 4728181c596db8..d66bbff51fcb1b 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -2337,11 +2337,11 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "directxtk": {
-      "baseline": "2024-10-28",
+      "baseline": "2025-03-20",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "directxtk12": {
-      "baseline": "2024-10-28",
+      "baseline": "2025-03-20",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "dirent": {
@@ -3021,7 +3021,7 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "gameinput": {
-      "baseline": "0.2303.22621.3038",
+      "baseline": "1.0.26100.3987",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "gamenetworkingsockets": {
diff --git a/versions/d-/directxtk.json b/versions/d-/directxtk.json
index 15c5c27f61dc93..97e557e70684d1 100644
--- a/versions/d-/directxtk.json
+++ b/versions/d-/directxtk.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "8a796db7cafe8fe0923c9e7dc161edbd77806734",
+      "version-date": "2025-03-20",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "633c6ef2a57d96b7a5b0d206cd4d77db8e9d8d88",
       "version-date": "2024-10-28",
diff --git a/versions/d-/directxtk12.json b/versions/d-/directxtk12.json
index c3945f598345d6..5588a635b81b29 100644
--- a/versions/d-/directxtk12.json
+++ b/versions/d-/directxtk12.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "8ace684e1940e573914a40d0e21eacded29902f5",
+      "version-date": "2025-03-20",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "93f061b596529d6b084a068953bea28c9aae05a1",
       "version-date": "2024-10-28",
diff --git a/versions/g-/gameinput.json b/versions/g-/gameinput.json
index 17bf6d38c55051..ddfff6cf24c3ef 100644
--- a/versions/g-/gameinput.json
+++ b/versions/g-/gameinput.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "33f69cbe9e517eeebafc8b4dbb001e24f338df45",
+      "version": "1.0.26100.3987",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "b71fb62174fb92b8fe4fa6a87311d202349bee72",
       "version": "0.2303.22621.3038",