diff --git a/ports/fluidsynth/cmake-config-glib.diff b/ports/fluidsynth/cmake-config-glib.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77e1f6a53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/fluidsynth/cmake-config-glib.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/FluidSynthConfig.cmake.in b/FluidSynthConfig.cmake.in
+index e6e9840..5831f9a 100644
+--- a/FluidSynthConfig.cmake.in
++++ b/FluidSynthConfig.cmake.in
+@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if(NOT FLUIDSYNTH_IS_SHARED)
+     find_dependency(Threads)
+   endif()
+ 
+-  if(FLUIDSYNTH_SUPPORT_GLIB AND NOT TARGET GLib2::glib-2 OR NOT TARGET GLib2::gthread-2)
++  if(FLUIDSYNTH_SUPPORT_GLIB AND (NOT TARGET GLib2::glib-2 OR NOT TARGET GLib2::gthread-2))
+     find_dependency(GLib2 @GLIB2_MINUMUM_VERSION@)
+   endif()
+ 
diff --git a/ports/fluidsynth/gentables.patch b/ports/fluidsynth/gentables.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6faa5f8c5a..0000000000
--- a/ports/fluidsynth/gentables.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
-index e86a6429..9240e091 100644
---- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -538,6 +538,9 @@ install(EXPORT FluidSynthTargets
- 
- # ******* Auto Generated Lookup Tables ******
- 
-+if(VCPKG_BUILD_MAKE_TABLES)
-+    add_subdirectory(gentables)
-+elseif(0)
- include(ExternalProject)
- 
- set (GENTAB_SDIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gentables)
-@@ -557,4 +560,11 @@ ExternalProject_Add(gentables
-         "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" --build "${GENTAB_BDIR}"
-     INSTALL_COMMAND ${GENTAB_BDIR}/make_tables.exe "${FluidSynth_BINARY_DIR}/"
- )
-+endif()
-+if(TARGET make_tables AND NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
-+    set(GENTABLES make_tables)
-+else()
-+    find_program(GENTABLES make_tables REQUIRED)
-+endif()
-+add_custom_target(gentables COMMAND "${GENTABLES}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/")
- add_dependencies(libfluidsynth-OBJ gentables)
-diff --git a/src/gentables/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gentables/CMakeLists.txt
-index 9cb69f2b..c393a670 100644
---- a/src/gentables/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/src/gentables/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ unset(ENV{LDFLAGS})
- 
- project (gentables C)
- 
-+if (0)
- set ( CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug )
- 
- # hardcode ".exe" as suffix to the binary, else in case of cross-platform cross-compiling the calling cmake will not know the suffix used here and fail to find the binary
-@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ set ( CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX ".exe" )
- set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
- set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
- set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
-+endif()
- 
- # Add the executable that generates the table
- add_executable( make_tables
-@@ -34,3 +36,4 @@ if ( WIN32 )
- else ( WIN32 )
-     target_link_libraries (make_tables "m")
- endif ()
-+install(TARGETS make_tables DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/ports/fluidsynth/pkgconfig-opensles.diff b/ports/fluidsynth/pkgconfig-opensles.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index c5f7b1fe59..0000000000
--- a/ports/fluidsynth/pkgconfig-opensles.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 604e6b0..e315df5 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ endif ( enable-midishare )
- unset ( OPENSLES_SUPPORT CACHE )
- if ( enable-opensles )
-   find_package( OpenSLES )
-+  list ( APPEND PC_LIBS_PRIV "-lOpenSLES" )
-   set ( OPENSLES_SUPPORT ${OpenSLES_FOUND} )
- endif ( enable-opensles )
- 
diff --git a/ports/fluidsynth/portfile.cmake b/ports/fluidsynth/portfile.cmake
index 24bf5858e1..80620f82c6 100644
--- a/ports/fluidsynth/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/fluidsynth/portfile.cmake
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO FluidSynth/fluidsynth
     REF "v${VERSION}"
-    SHA512 2d5424d80234742be45f1c7cdf696182c96b684232bb92b079edf270d726c5d1292c5fc42c8b580ae1a89642ad7b536245977928bbeecedd94443f6e1f47d5fd
+    SHA512 8f326db4049b3241c7a0472aa5db8c715dcfc0a1ce9c5fda492bf84e6c17e27a2298131a58a51e275797259a434e59bfe3f53d85358f903652dca8de753a3376
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
-        gentables.patch
-        pkgconfig-opensles.diff
+        cmake-config-glib.diff
 )
 # Do not use or install FindSndFileLegacy.cmake and its deps
 file(REMOVE
@@ -22,9 +21,9 @@ file(REMOVE
 vcpkg_check_features(
     OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
     FEATURES
-        buildtools  VCPKG_BUILD_MAKE_TABLES
-        sndfile     enable-libsndfile
-        pulseaudio  enable-pulseaudio
+        libinstpatch enable-libinstpatch
+        sndfile      enable-libsndfile
+        pulseaudio   enable-pulseaudio
 )
 
 # enable platform-specific features, force the build to fail if the required libraries are not found,
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ set(LINUX_OPTIONS enable-alsa ALSA_FOUND)
 set(ANDROID_OPTIONS enable-opensles OpenSLES_FOUND)
 set(IGNORED_OPTIONS enable-coverage enable-dbus enable-floats enable-fpe-check enable-framework enable-jack
     enable-libinstpatch enable-midishare enable-oboe enable-openmp enable-oss enable-pipewire enable-portaudio
-    enable-profiling enable-readline enable-sdl2 enable-sdl3 enable-systemd enable-trap-on-fpe enable-ubsan)
+    enable-profiling enable-readline enable-sdl3 enable-systemd enable-trap-on-fpe enable-ubsan)
 
 if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
     set(OPTIONS_TO_ENABLE ${WINDOWS_OPTIONS})
@@ -63,14 +62,13 @@ vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PKGCONFIG)
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
     OPTIONS
-        "-DVCPKG_HOST_TRIPLET=${HOST_TRIPLET}"
         ${FEATURE_OPTIONS}
         ${ENABLED_OPTIONS}
         ${DISABLED_OPTIONS}
+        "-Dosal=cpp11" 
         "-DPKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE=${PKGCONFIG}"
     MAYBE_UNUSED_VARIABLES
         ${OPTIONS_TO_DISABLE}
-        VCPKG_BUILD_MAKE_TABLES
         enable-coverage
         enable-framework
         enable-ubsan
@@ -81,11 +79,7 @@ vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/fluidsynth)
 vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
 
-set(tools fluidsynth)
-if("buildtools" IN_LIST FEATURES)
-    list(APPEND tools make_tables)
-endif()
-vcpkg_copy_tools(TOOL_NAMES ${tools} AUTO_CLEAN)
+vcpkg_copy_tools(TOOL_NAMES fluidsynth AUTO_CLEAN)
 
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE
     "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include"
diff --git a/ports/fluidsynth/vcpkg.json b/ports/fluidsynth/vcpkg.json
index 9dbaf28af3..802efecc8f 100644
--- a/ports/fluidsynth/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/fluidsynth/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,25 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "fluidsynth",
-  "version": "2.4.6",
-  "port-version": 1,
+  "version": "2.5.0",
   "description": "FluidSynth reads and handles MIDI events from the MIDI input device. It is the software analogue of a MIDI synthesizer. FluidSynth can also play midifiles using a Soundfont.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth",
   "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later",
-  "supports": "!xbox",
+  "supports": "!(uwp | xbox)",
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "alsa",
       "platform": "linux"
     },
-    {
-      "name": "fluidsynth",
-      "host": true,
-      "default-features": false,
-      "features": [
-        "buildtools"
-      ]
-    },
-    "glib",
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
       "host": true
@@ -30,8 +20,11 @@
     }
   ],
   "features": {
-    "buildtools": {
-      "description": "Build tools gentables"
+    "libinstpatch": {
+      "description": "Use libinstpatch for DLS support. Required if C++17 is not available",
+      "dependencies": [
+        "glib"
+      ]
     },
     "pulseaudio": {
       "description": "Build with PulseAudio support",
diff --git a/scripts/ci.feature.baseline.txt b/scripts/ci.feature.baseline.txt
index 5a247f8c8a..d0f69f8e92 100644
--- a/scripts/ci.feature.baseline.txt
+++ b/scripts/ci.feature.baseline.txt
@@ -819,7 +819,6 @@ flashlight-text[kenlm]:arm64-uwp = cascade
 flashlight-text[kenlm]:arm64-windows = cascade
 flashlight-text[kenlm]:x64-uwp = cascade
 fluidsynth[pulseaudio](android | osx | windows) = cascade
-fluidsynth(uwp) = cascade
 folly[liburing]:arm64-osx = cascade
 folly[liburing]:x64-windows = cascade
 folly[liburing]:x64-windows-static = cascade
diff --git a/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-fluidsynth/project/CMakeLists.txt b/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-fluidsynth/project/CMakeLists.txt
index 5de268e051..d62d080170 100644
--- a/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-fluidsynth/project/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-fluidsynth/project/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.30)
-project(fluidsynth-test C)
+project(fluidsynth-test LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 find_package(FluidSynth CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ pkg_check_modules(fluidsynth_pc fluidsynth REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET)
 
 add_executable(main-pkconfig main.c)
 target_link_libraries(main-pkconfig PRIVATE PkgConfig::fluidsynth_pc)
+set_target_properties(main-pkconfig PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
diff --git a/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-fluidsynth/vcpkg.json b/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-fluidsynth/vcpkg.json
index be05ac61bb..b9cca1bb1a 100644
--- a/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-fluidsynth/vcpkg.json
+++ b/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-fluidsynth/vcpkg.json
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
             "sndfile"
           ],
           "platform": "!xbox"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "fluidsynth",
+          "features": [
+            "libinstpatch"
+          ]
         }
       ]
     }
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 3ceba15059..f3477c22f2 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -3001,8 +3001,8 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "fluidsynth": {
-      "baseline": "2.4.6",
-      "port-version": 1
+      "baseline": "2.5.0",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "flux": {
       "baseline": "0.4.0",
diff --git a/versions/f-/fluidsynth.json b/versions/f-/fluidsynth.json
index 506fc59180..91d0a6366d 100644
--- a/versions/f-/fluidsynth.json
+++ b/versions/f-/fluidsynth.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "8f35607c07ccf2153e0db6314ec91aa1ab4a92fe",
+      "version": "2.5.0",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "62a2092769a82d7302564639bca90f3ac03b17aa",
       "version": "2.4.6",