diff --git a/ports/aeron/patches/fix-static-crt-linkage.patch b/ports/aeron/patches/fix-static-crt-linkage.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19ed8dfeab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/aeron/patches/fix-static-crt-linkage.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 1234567..abcdefg 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -178,10 +178,6 @@ elseif (MSVC)
+     endif ()
+
+     add_compile_options(/Oy-)
+-    add_compile_options($<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C>,$<CONFIG:RELEASE>>:/MD>)
+-    add_compile_options($<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:C>,$<CONFIG:DEBUG>>:/MDd>)
+     add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:/MP>)
+     add_compile_options($<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:/wd4251>)
+-    add_compile_options($<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<CONFIG:RELEASE>>:/MD>)
+-    add_compile_options($<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<CONFIG:DEBUG>>:/MDd>)
+     add_compile_options($<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<CONFIG:DEBUG>>:/Od>)
+     add_compile_options($<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<CONFIG:DEBUG>>:/Zi>)
diff --git a/ports/aeron/portfile.cmake b/ports/aeron/portfile.cmake
index a80b31128c..4134b14bfe 100644
--- a/ports/aeron/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/aeron/portfile.cmake
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO aeron-io/aeron
     REF "${VERSION}"
-    SHA512 6302b235285d897bb58d388c1883145c486f931575174b68161e67a04ae2efb48993d8045855d6e04ba378fdb58050c5339561c85fffb6b222abaa1952103d37
+    SHA512 936b3a0d6903cc54246c41b946c8964b5f2957b115364445302764a579bbcc6d3c569c924aa44f96db309c0a90cef06779b608c6fc35c8284a041ff4d266f9db
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
         patches/add-libuuid-vcpkg-support.patch
+        patches/fix-static-crt-linkage.patch
 )
 
 # Set archive option based on feature
@@ -19,13 +20,26 @@ else()
     set(BUILD_ARCHIVE OFF)
 endif()
 
+# Set CRT linkage for Windows static builds
+set(AERON_CMAKE_OPTIONS
+    -DAERON_INSTALL_TARGETS=ON
+    -DAERON_TESTS=OFF
+    -DAERON_BUILD_SAMPLES=OFF
+    -DBUILD_AERON_ARCHIVE_API=${BUILD_ARCHIVE}
+)
+
+# Only set static CRT if triplet explicitly requests it (VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE=static)
+# Otherwise, respect the triplet's CRT setting (dynamic/MD or static/MT)
+if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS AND VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
+    list(APPEND AERON_CMAKE_OPTIONS
+        -DCMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY=MultiThreaded$$<$$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>
+        -DCMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0091=NEW
+    )
+endif()
+
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
-    OPTIONS
-        -DAERON_INSTALL_TARGETS=ON
-        -DAERON_TESTS=OFF
-        -DAERON_BUILD_SAMPLES=OFF
-        -DBUILD_AERON_ARCHIVE_API=${BUILD_ARCHIVE}
+    OPTIONS ${AERON_CMAKE_OPTIONS}
 )
 
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
diff --git a/ports/aeron/vcpkg.json b/ports/aeron/vcpkg.json
index c887772a40..223af38589 100644
--- a/ports/aeron/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/aeron/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/main/docs/vcpkg.schema.json",
   "name": "aeron",
-  "version": "1.49.3",
-  "port-version": 2,
+  "version": "1.50.0",
   "description": "Efficient reliable UDP unicast, UDP multicast, and IPC message transport",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/aeron-io/aeron",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
diff --git a/versions/a-/aeron.json b/versions/a-/aeron.json
index d85e260a57..3101f1a17f 100644
--- a/versions/a-/aeron.json
+++ b/versions/a-/aeron.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "936aefc7566d95f7234b2d57c8878a1253220ee7",
+      "version": "1.50.0",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "99b549362720ba9d2df482b3e21b9009a4f5f94b",
       "version": "1.49.3",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 0924456d38..c8c4632b2d 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "aeron": {
-      "baseline": "1.49.3",
-      "port-version": 2
+      "baseline": "1.50.0",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "air-ctl": {
       "baseline": "1.1.2",