diff --git a/ports/septag-dmon/portfile.cmake b/ports/septag-dmon/portfile.cmake
index 2628c4306b..cd5ebfd594 100644
--- a/ports/septag-dmon/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/septag-dmon/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+set(VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE release)  # heaader-only
+
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO            septag/dmon
-    REF             59fac713a168b6c9fd08db48da49f7bd50fd9d37
-    SHA512          61fa6a0e243be456d3b59d20e18183392d106983dc9f1b0a7290b54fefa964d4eeba4bacd92cd5310b6f3da2dac232fd043c529c51fe3e6cccbfb9422dd31311
+    REF             98364a4d1964d603075e5e2657cfbc6c3496c9c1
+    SHA512          338930c205c2cde90dfd8d743841ba9084f5eeb60eb3772ccdcfc0b117be9c3fbe85f7318affa31e3877e5e47913a8ffc964b6b3d84778f7ab9776dbe80071ed
     HEAD_REF        master
 )
 
@@ -12,7 +14,5 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
         "-DBUILD_TESTS=OFF"
 )
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
-file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE"
-     DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}"
-     RENAME copyright)
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug")
+
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE")
diff --git a/ports/septag-dmon/vcpkg.json b/ports/septag-dmon/vcpkg.json
index d9df93c871..da79362390 100644
--- a/ports/septag-dmon/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/septag-dmon/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "septag-dmon",
-  "version-date": "2022-02-08",
-  "description": "a tiny C library that monitors changes in a directory",
+  "version-date": "2026-02-23",
+  "description": "A tiny C library that monitors changes in a directory",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/septag/dmon",
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
   "supports": "!uwp",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index efd3853253..da1a5639ab 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -9233,7 +9233,7 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "septag-dmon": {
-      "baseline": "2022-02-08",
+      "baseline": "2026-02-23",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "septag-sx": {
diff --git a/versions/s-/septag-dmon.json b/versions/s-/septag-dmon.json
index ed29d1fd15..8c966bed2b 100644
--- a/versions/s-/septag-dmon.json
+++ b/versions/s-/septag-dmon.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "51f4dbc40accf22083cf20e566ab60339d7bf8c7",
+      "version-date": "2026-02-23",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "377b8711ab595b704c7beb3dd9972b7bb6d75c62",
       "version-date": "2022-02-08",