diff --git a/ports/spine-c/fix-cmake.patch b/ports/spine-c/fix-cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14f1412f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/spine-c/fix-cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/spine-c/CMakeLists.txt b/spine-c/CMakeLists.txt
+index b7e4d2aa2..b2c3b280a 100644
+--- a/spine-c/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/spine-c/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ file(GLOB SOURCES "spine-c/src/**/*.c")
+ add_library(spine-c STATIC ${SOURCES} ${INCLUDES})
+ target_include_directories(spine-c PUBLIC spine-c/include)
+ 
+-install(TARGETS spine-c DESTINATION dist/lib)
+-install(FILES ${INCLUDES} DESTINATION dist/include)
+\ No newline at end of file
++install(TARGETS spine-c DESTINATION lib)
++install(FILES ${INCLUDES} DESTINATION include/spine-c/spine)
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ports/spine-c/portfile.cmake b/ports/spine-c/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fa8add6f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/spine-c/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO EsotericSoftware/spine-runtimes
+    REF 43e530611d30c044a8bc16eba0486140e4dc2ce0
+    SHA512 16a1ba493852c2512997bde4ab56318f435f65f23238544cf0c1000f53a2950cfd480255db6b3dc5c1d0b6a21a4be174be9401465d320b54c6b88c06e57e38d8
+    HEAD_REF 4.2
+    PATCHES
+        fix-cmake.patch
+)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
+    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}/spine-c"
+    OPTIONS
+        -DSPINE_SET_COMPILER_FLAGS=OFF
+)
+vcpkg_cmake_install()
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
+
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE")
diff --git a/ports/spine-runtimes/vcpkg.json b/ports/spine-c/vcpkg.json
similarity index 76%
rename from ports/spine-runtimes/vcpkg.json
rename to ports/spine-c/vcpkg.json
index d160b3b6d4..cbbc0fe97f 100644
--- a/ports/spine-runtimes/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/spine-c/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "name": "spine-runtimes",
-  "version": "4.1.0",
-  "port-version": 1,
+  "name": "spine-c",
+  "version": "4.2.20260227",
   "description": "2D skeletal animation runtimes for Spine",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/spine-runtimes",
   "license": null,
diff --git a/ports/spine-cpp/fix-cmake.patch b/ports/spine-cpp/fix-cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f16bffbafb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/spine-cpp/fix-cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/spine-cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/spine-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+index 9829b42cd..372d58d15 100644
+--- a/spine-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/spine-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ add_library(spine-cpp-lite STATIC ${SOURCES} ${INCLUDES} spine-cpp-lite/spine-cp
+ target_include_directories(spine-cpp-lite PUBLIC spine-cpp/include spine-cpp-lite)
+ 
+ # Install target
+-install(TARGETS spine-cpp EXPORT spine-cpp_TARGETS DESTINATION dist/lib)
+-install(FILES ${INCLUDES} DESTINATION dist/include)
++install(TARGETS spine-cpp EXPORT spine-cpp_TARGETS DESTINATION lib)
++install(FILES ${INCLUDES} DESTINATION include/spine-cpp/spine)
+ 
+ # Export target
+ export(
diff --git a/ports/spine-cpp/portfile.cmake b/ports/spine-cpp/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba75b121bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/spine-cpp/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO EsotericSoftware/spine-runtimes
+    REF 43e530611d30c044a8bc16eba0486140e4dc2ce0
+    SHA512 16a1ba493852c2512997bde4ab56318f435f65f23238544cf0c1000f53a2950cfd480255db6b3dc5c1d0b6a21a4be174be9401465d320b54c6b88c06e57e38d8
+    HEAD_REF 4.2
+    PATCHES
+        fix-cmake.patch
+)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
+    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}/spine-cpp"
+    OPTIONS
+        -DSPINE_SET_COMPILER_FLAGS=OFF
+)
+vcpkg_cmake_install()
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
+
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE")
diff --git a/ports/spine-cpp/vcpkg.json b/ports/spine-cpp/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..994486c929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/spine-cpp/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "name": "spine-cpp",
+  "version": "4.2.20260227",
+  "description": "2D skeletal animation runtimes for Spine",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/spine-runtimes",
+  "license": null,
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/ports/spine-runtimes/fix-cmake.patch b/ports/spine-runtimes/fix-cmake.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 799f439db3..0000000000
--- a/ports/spine-runtimes/fix-cmake.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index f77ff7f..1aeb5fc 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
- cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
- project(spine)
- 
--set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "./")
-+include(GNUInstallDirs)
- set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
- set(SPINE_SFML FALSE CACHE BOOL FALSE)
- set(SPINE_SANITIZE FALSE CACHE BOOL FALSE)
-@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ else()
- 	endif()
- endif()
- 
--if((${SPINE_SFML}) OR (${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} MATCHES "spine-sfml"))
--	add_subdirectory(spine-c)
-+add_subdirectory(spine-c)
-+add_subdirectory(spine-cpp)
-+if(SPINE_SFML)
- 	add_subdirectory(spine-sfml/c)
--	add_subdirectory(spine-cpp)
- 	add_subdirectory(spine-sfml/cpp)
- endif()
- 
- # add_subdirectory(spine-c/spine-c-unit-tests)
--add_subdirectory(spine-cpp/spine-cpp-unit-tests)
-+# add_subdirectory(spine-cpp/spine-cpp-unit-tests)
-diff --git a/spine-c/CMakeLists.txt b/spine-c/CMakeLists.txt
-index 906f7b0..c5e1f18 100644
---- a/spine-c/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/spine-c/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ file(GLOB INCLUDES "spine-c/include/**/*.h")
- file(GLOB SOURCES "spine-c/src/**/*.c" "spine-c/src/**/*.cpp")
- 
- add_library(spine-c STATIC ${SOURCES} ${INCLUDES})
--target_include_directories(spine-c PUBLIC spine-c/include)
--install(TARGETS spine-c DESTINATION dist/lib)
--install(FILES ${INCLUDES} DESTINATION dist/include)
-\ No newline at end of file
-+target_include_directories(spine-c PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/spine-c/include>)
-+install(TARGETS spine-c DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-+install(FILES ${INCLUDES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/spine-c/spine)
-\ No newline at end of file
-diff --git a/spine-cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/spine-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
-index e008c33..805aba8 100644
---- a/spine-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/spine-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ file(GLOB INCLUDES "spine-cpp/include/**/*.h")
- file(GLOB SOURCES "spine-cpp/src/**/*.cpp")
- 
- add_library(spine-cpp STATIC ${SOURCES} ${INCLUDES})
--target_include_directories(spine-cpp PUBLIC spine-cpp/include)
--install(TARGETS spine-cpp DESTINATION dist/lib)
--install(FILES ${INCLUDES} DESTINATION dist/include)
-\ No newline at end of file
-+target_include_directories(spine-cpp PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/spine-cpp/include>)
-+install(TARGETS spine-cpp DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-+install(FILES ${INCLUDES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/spine-cpp/spine)
-\ No newline at end of file
-diff --git a/spine-sfml/c/CMakeLists.txt b/spine-sfml/c/CMakeLists.txt
-index 68dcc75..2ccfb2d 100644
---- a/spine-sfml/c/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/spine-sfml/c/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ file(GLOB INCLUDES "src/**/*.h")
- file(GLOB SOURCES "src/**/*.cpp")
- add_library(spine-sfml STATIC ${SOURCES} ${INCLUDES})
- target_link_libraries(spine-sfml LINK_PUBLIC spine-c)
--install(TARGETS spine-sfml DESTINATION dist/lib)
--install(FILES ${INCLUDES} DESTINATION dist/include)
-+install(TARGETS spine-sfml DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-+install(FILES ${INCLUDES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/spine)
-+return()
- 
- # Define spine-sfml example executable
- add_executable(spine-sfml-example example/main.cpp)
-diff --git a/spine-sfml/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/spine-sfml/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
-index 903d0f7..bbcbb97 100644
---- a/spine-sfml/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/spine-sfml/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ file(GLOB INCLUDES "src/**/*.h")
- file(GLOB SOURCES "src/**/*.cpp")
- add_library(spine-sfml-cpp STATIC ${SOURCES} ${INCLUDES})
- target_link_libraries(spine-sfml-cpp LINK_PUBLIC spine-cpp)
--install(TARGETS spine-sfml-cpp DESTINATION dist/lib)
--install(FILES ${INCLUDES} DESTINATION dist/include)
-+install(TARGETS spine-sfml-cpp DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-+install(FILES ${INCLUDES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/spine)
-+return()
- 
- # Define spine-sfml example executable
- add_executable(spine-sfml-cpp-example example/main.cpp)
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 1aeb5fc..0a9ffb7 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ if(MSVC)
- 	set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
- 	set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
- else()
--	set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wall -Wunused-value -Wno-c++11-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Werror -Wextra -pedantic -Wnonportable-include-path -Wshadow -std=c89")
--	set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wunused-value -Wno-c++11-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Werror -Wextra -Wnon-virtual-dtor -pedantic -Wnonportable-include-path -Wshadow -std=c++11 -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti")
- 
- 	if (${SPINE_SANITIZE})
- 		set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined")
diff --git a/ports/spine-runtimes/portfile.cmake b/ports/spine-runtimes/portfile.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index fc796c71d1..0000000000
--- a/ports/spine-runtimes/portfile.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_STATIC_LIBRARY) # the project doesn't support SHARED
-
-vcpkg_from_github(
-    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
-    REPO EsotericSoftware/spine-runtimes
-    REF 4.1.00
-    SHA512 40a352a1f5e9939802667f330c9de2f0b03bf63834d1c20514a6cecb35c1a9915fb13588ee92cbaba9effbd2205c25851cca58d2ec7f90ce9b974252bd168425
-    HEAD_REF 4.1
-    PATCHES
-        fix-cmake.patch
-)
-
-vcpkg_cmake_configure(SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}")
-vcpkg_cmake_build(TARGET spine-c    LOGFILE_BASE build-c)
-vcpkg_cmake_build(TARGET spine-cpp  LOGFILE_BASE build-cpp)
-vcpkg_cmake_install()
-
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE
-    "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include"
-    "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share"
-    "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin"
-    "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin"
-)
-
-file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 5b3f9c63de..104f2e36e6 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -9392,9 +9392,13 @@
       "baseline": "2025-01-23",
       "port-version": 0
     },
-    "spine-runtimes": {
-      "baseline": "4.1.0",
-      "port-version": 1
+    "spine-c": {
+      "baseline": "4.2.20260227",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
+    "spine-cpp": {
+      "baseline": "4.2.20260227",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "spirit-po": {
       "baseline": "1.1.2",
diff --git a/versions/s-/spine-c.json b/versions/s-/spine-c.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a063ff9ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions/s-/spine-c.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "4e062ce604133bd151fd38d05edd8a065ad86ef8",
+      "version": "4.2.20260227",
+      "port-version": 0
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/versions/s-/spine-cpp.json b/versions/s-/spine-cpp.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b6d82ee8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions/s-/spine-cpp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "b0f5555121874ba5b610e3ff4094e5980508e797",
+      "version": "4.2.20260227",
+      "port-version": 0
+    }
+  ]
+}