diff --git a/ports/mdl-sdk/portfile.cmake b/ports/mdl-sdk/portfile.cmake
index 67c264ef1b..45937720b1 100644
--- a/ports/mdl-sdk/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/mdl-sdk/portfile.cmake
@@ -73,12 +73,15 @@ endif()
 # Required for plugins.
 set(VCPKG_POLICY_DLLS_IN_STATIC_LIBRARY enabled)
 
+# The libraries are supposed to be loaded at runtime, not linked.
+set(VCPKG_POLICY_DLLS_WITHOUT_LIBS enabled)
+
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO NVIDIA/MDL-SDK
     REF "${VERSION}"
-    SHA512 cc78b9c081c0051fc3a923735d96b24f3aad33b3b5b07074e5c086a1409b64a17010f3cd89ea406391e18dacf735788e78d18db3bcbef0e34ded7a5f02d66a0a
-    HEAD_REF release/2024.1
+    SHA512 27ef1a0d43669d3a6ee1918b5673ecb8cec078fa2911e9e7456c2c17ea1264e1089d01627fedc83a2d9e6337441033c41422f68acf8292e969311059ff892de5
+    HEAD_REF master
 )
 
 vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PYTHON3)
diff --git a/ports/mdl-sdk/vcpkg.json b/ports/mdl-sdk/vcpkg.json
index 6ed9bbf4fc..22da5a7b7b 100644
--- a/ports/mdl-sdk/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/mdl-sdk/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mdl-sdk",
-  "version": "2024.1.4",
+  "version": "2025",
   "description": "NVIDIA Material Definition Language SDK",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/NVIDIA/MDL-SDK",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 1e253f2405..9c38c91b4e 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -6217,7 +6217,7 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "mdl-sdk": {
-      "baseline": "2024.1.4",
+      "baseline": "2025",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "mdns": {
diff --git a/versions/m-/mdl-sdk.json b/versions/m-/mdl-sdk.json
index 2d2e8f590f..444b83a41f 100644
--- a/versions/m-/mdl-sdk.json
+++ b/versions/m-/mdl-sdk.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "60bd7487570750ef422ca66716f71fd579f6020f",
+      "version": "2025",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "a2e5a31e10cc6eb41ac53d4cbbb4cc4f81b6dc53",
       "version": "2024.1.4",