diff --git a/ports/catch2/no-absolute-paths.patch b/ports/catch2/no-absolute-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f89deacb10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/catch2/no-absolute-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/CMake/CatchMiscFunctions.cmake b/CMake/CatchMiscFunctions.cmake
+index be76d8380..5a068d088 100644
+--- a/CMake/CatchMiscFunctions.cmake
++++ b/CMake/CatchMiscFunctions.cmake
+@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function(add_cxx_flag_if_supported_to_targets flagname targets)
+ 
+     if (HAVE_FLAG_${flag_identifier})
+         foreach(target ${targets})
+-            target_compile_options(${target} PUBLIC ${flagname})
++            target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE ${flagname})
+         endforeach()
+     endif()
+ endfunction()
diff --git a/ports/catch2/portfile.cmake b/ports/catch2/portfile.cmake
index b0a2826fc9..6d6663ea06 100644
--- a/ports/catch2/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/catch2/portfile.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     HEAD_REF devel
     PATCHES
         fix-install-path.patch
+        no-absolute-paths.patch # from https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/pull/2553
 )
 
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
diff --git a/ports/catch2/vcpkg.json b/ports/catch2/vcpkg.json
index 82145b5813..2ee13effce 100644
--- a/ports/catch2/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/catch2/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "catch2",
   "version-semver": "3.1.1",
-  "port-version": 1,
+  "port-version": 2,
   "description": "A modern, header-only test framework for unit testing.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2",
   "license": "BSL-1.0",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 581ad43ebc..8a1fb05dc7 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@
     },
     "catch2": {
       "baseline": "3.1.1",
-      "port-version": 1
+      "port-version": 2
     },
     "cccapstone": {
       "baseline": "9b4128ee1153e78288a1b5433e2c06a0d47a4c4e",
diff --git a/versions/c-/catch2.json b/versions/c-/catch2.json
index f662268fef..656143aa1e 100644
--- a/versions/c-/catch2.json
+++ b/versions/c-/catch2.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "20c94cd5ff35ec979a2ad463322dc8a2a697acc7",
+      "version-semver": "3.1.1",
+      "port-version": 2
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "d83c493274ecc1798d1d4ac05bf83eedec161695",
       "version-semver": "3.1.1",