diff --git a/ports/gsl/portfile.cmake b/ports/gsl/portfile.cmake
index 9faef9a7f7..ce644da9cb 100644
--- a/ports/gsl/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/gsl/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-set(GSL_VERSION 2.8)
-
 vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
-    URLS "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-${GSL_VERSION}.tar.gz" "https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-${GSL_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-    FILENAME "gsl-${GSL_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+    URLS
+        "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gsl/gsl-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+        "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+        "https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+    FILENAME "gsl-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
     SHA512 4427f6ce59dc14eabd6d31ef1fcac1849b4d7357faf48873aef642464ddf21cc9b500d516f08b410f02a2daa9a6ff30220f3995584b0a6ae2f73c522d1abb66b
 )
 
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive(
     SOURCE_PATH
-    ARCHIVE ${ARCHIVE}
+    ARCHIVE "${ARCHIVE}"
     PATCHES
         0001-configure.patch
         0002-add-fp-control.patch
@@ -32,5 +33,5 @@ if(EXISTS "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/pkgconfig/gsl.pc")
 endif()
 
 file(INSTALL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}")
-file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake" @ONLY)
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING")
diff --git a/ports/gsl/vcpkg.json b/ports/gsl/vcpkg.json
index f9f98dbd71..346be0afb6 100644
--- a/ports/gsl/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/gsl/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "gsl",
   "version": "2.8",
-  "port-version": 1,
+  "port-version": 2,
   "description": "The GNU Scientific Library is a numerical library for C and C++ programmers",
   "homepage": "https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/",
   "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
       "host": true
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
-      "host": true
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 50e0f9cba9..e22099a21d 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -3454,7 +3454,7 @@
     },
     "gsl": {
       "baseline": "2.8",
-      "port-version": 1
+      "port-version": 2
     },
     "gsl-lite": {
       "baseline": "1.0.1",
diff --git a/versions/g-/gsl.json b/versions/g-/gsl.json
index a8f3f958c9..68f1cd2812 100644
--- a/versions/g-/gsl.json
+++ b/versions/g-/gsl.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "8fc2c5800654d9983985df349b2ee05816c1c71b",
+      "version": "2.8",
+      "port-version": 2
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "e842d0c0f2aa72b22baf30c1350f81fcc87591dc",
       "version": "2.8",