diff --git a/ports/protozero/fix-no-tests.patch b/ports/protozero/fix-no-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cedbd9652..0000000000
--- a/ports/protozero/fix-no-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-From: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
-Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 00:11:38 +0100
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index b975d490..df2ca15f 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ endif()
- #
- #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 
--find_package(Protobuf)
-+if(BUILD_TESTING)
-+    find_package(Protobuf)
-+endif()
- 
- 
- #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/ports/protozero/portfile.cmake b/ports/protozero/portfile.cmake
index 84e704c3c3..e99376cc13 100644
--- a/ports/protozero/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/protozero/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
-
-vcpkg_from_github(
-    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
-    REPO mapbox/protozero
-    SHA512 90bf1f487efa0ad9da2f3b887b7a6dbd849fa3687dd2126c324f902a8584722f4f7d4a2ea86f6a0e75999f7be829f6ae26cad9df1cae55d0b29a9ec24a4dbfd2
-    REF v1.7.1
-    HEAD_REF master
-    PATCHES
-        fix-no-tests.patch  # from https://github.com/mapbox/protozero/pull/110
-)
-
-
-vcpkg_cmake_configure(
-    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
-    OPTIONS
-        -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
-)
-vcpkg_cmake_install()
-vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
-
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug")
-file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE.md" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO mapbox/protozero
+    SHA512 b5c4cef9112e03f64d53c2f15f8def28129f720f77674e8d1aac7ad663f18630bb3923495a57f94917490d27acab27f07574a6c170c9e1fb151eef702a4ffc5f
+    REF "v${VERSION}"
+    HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
+    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
+    OPTIONS
+        -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
+)
+vcpkg_cmake_install()
+vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug")
+file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE.md" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
diff --git a/ports/protozero/vcpkg.json b/ports/protozero/vcpkg.json
index 320b34ed8e..32e237276d 100644
--- a/ports/protozero/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/protozero/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "protozero",
-  "version-semver": "1.7.1",
+  "version-semver": "1.8.0",
   "description": "Minimalist protocol buffer decoder and encoder in C++",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mapbox/protozero",
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 49d680ff03..176d3d7a85 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -7261,7 +7261,7 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "protozero": {
-      "baseline": "1.7.1",
+      "baseline": "1.8.0",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "proxsuite": {
diff --git a/versions/p-/protozero.json b/versions/p-/protozero.json
index 867cda73c8..8f93475026 100644
--- a/versions/p-/protozero.json
+++ b/versions/p-/protozero.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "d83a3c4af103b7f37529f13bf28e1d2c2579d0d9",
+      "version-semver": "1.8.0",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "f6fa6a99279f9efb98bafc45707a1bcf9ef690e4",
       "version-semver": "1.7.1",