diff --git a/doc/COMPILING/COMPILING-VS-VCPKG.md b/doc/COMPILING/COMPILING-VS-VCPKG.md
index 3591143a5231c..a2a31592d409c 100644
--- a/doc/COMPILING/COMPILING-VS-VCPKG.md
+++ b/doc/COMPILING/COMPILING-VS-VCPKG.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ In a `cmd.exe` shell:
 REM cd to the appropriate folder first
 git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
 cd vcpkg
-git checkout 3b57fb2e1ff55613db14d2aaf0a30529289c7050
+git pull
 .\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat -disableMetrics
 .\vcpkg integrate install
 ```
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ In a Git Bash shell, the commands are almost the same except the filesystem path
 # cd to the appropriate folder first
 git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
 cd vcpkg
-git checkout 3b57fb2e1ff55613db14d2aaf0a30529289c7050
+git pull
 ./bootstrap-vcpkg.bat -disableMetrics
 ./vcpkg.exe integrate install
 ```
 
+If during the compilation you're getting a vcpkg error along the lines of `error: no version database entry for sdl2 at 2.26.5`, that probably means that your vcpkg install is too old. Running a `git pull` in vcpkg directory should fix the issue.
+
 ## Cloning and compilation:
 
 1. Clone Cataclysm-DDA repository with following command line:
diff --git a/msvc-full-features/vcpkg.json b/msvc-full-features/vcpkg.json
index 3da3ddb9ab313..ccec4ae0a9779 100644
--- a/msvc-full-features/vcpkg.json
+++ b/msvc-full-features/vcpkg.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
     "name": "cdda-vcpkg-dependencies",
     "version-string": "0.I",
     "dependencies": [
-        "sdl2",
+        {
+          "name": "sdl2",
+          "version>=": "2.26.4#0"
+        },
         {
           "name": "sdl2-image",
           "features": [ "libjpeg-turbo" ]
@@ -12,6 +15,10 @@
           "features": [ "libflac", "mpg123", "libmodplug" ]
         },
         "sdl2-ttf",
-        "pdcurses"
-    ]
+        {
+          "name": "pdcurses",
+          "version>=": "3.9#4"
+        }
+    ],
+    "builtin-baseline": "5b11232d00476c66724c81adfe5e3777a9aec38f"
 }