diff --git a/ports/libcap/portfile.cmake b/ports/libcap/portfile.cmake
index 1d156f6428..ba3089b810 100644
--- a/ports/libcap/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libcap/portfile.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
     URLS "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/libcap-${VERSION}.tar.xz"
          "https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/libcap-${VERSION}.tar.xz"
     FILENAME "libcap-${VERSION}.tar.xz"
-    SHA512 59bb6781d96776595ad3df890f4e5188380634eabbb6128f3a5307946b01cf3bd19dee8a29d3e501de1d9e1c6ed0092c4cd5adc91da227a1260c1f4356cc0bf3
+    SHA512 8ab72cf39bf029656b2a4a5972a0da4ab4b46a3d8a8da66d6cde925e06fe34df2fa5fc4d0b62c9cec4972b0b2678fdac6ef9421b6fb83c2a5bf869cf8d5fdb16
 )
 
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive(SOURCE_PATH
diff --git a/ports/libcap/vcpkg.json b/ports/libcap/vcpkg.json
index 842efa03ba..46718575ba 100644
--- a/ports/libcap/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/libcap/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "libcap",
-  "version": "2.71",
+  "version": "2.73",
   "description": "A library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities.",
   "homepage": "https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index fb786dd53b..826b49215b 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -4365,7 +4365,7 @@
       "port-version": 4
     },
     "libcap": {
-      "baseline": "2.71",
+      "baseline": "2.73",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "libcbor": {
diff --git a/versions/l-/libcap.json b/versions/l-/libcap.json
index fcaffbf261..9a7361d432 100644
--- a/versions/l-/libcap.json
+++ b/versions/l-/libcap.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "958892a0b06a8065844bcf29104e85f46b0cd743",
+      "version": "2.73",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "624965e04fa91928fc26f8a061527d30ed58bf98",
       "version": "2.71",