diff --git a/ports/cli11/portfile.cmake b/ports/cli11/portfile.cmake
index 5aa1bcd83238ab..6f9db640808594 100644
--- a/ports/cli11/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/cli11/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+# cli/2.7.2 has no dllexport annotations, so shared build yields a DLL without exports.
+if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
+    set(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE static)
+endif()
+
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO CLIUtils/CLI11
     REF "v${VERSION}"
-    SHA512 3b17c02e120d6c14246157fcfef1e55c34462d8ee3adb55e49f4b180fc2e0d52ec4371505c009839c623ccc5bf4ac16c8c94707d10b1f1cb0e916c3402d2e7a6
+    SHA512 437cd9d704c1b0de0516bdc8cb115befb2e7170417375a64845a2bc2385fa07948c4af724ec615d27fbc102dbe13a7117f33873d6776fe9b17f293d42fe64dd9
     HEAD_REF main
     PATCHES
         revert-1012-pkgconfig.diff
diff --git a/ports/cli11/vcpkg.json b/ports/cli11/vcpkg.json
index 53229902ba640d..2abd5a9a17cd91 100644
--- a/ports/cli11/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/cli11/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cli11",
-  "version": "2.6.2",
+  "version": "2.7.2",
   "description": "CLI11 is a command line parser for C++11 and beyond that provides a rich feature set with a simple and intuitive interface.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index db58016fadd36c..eb1f68dcc8cf23 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "cli11": {
-      "baseline": "2.6.2",
+      "baseline": "2.7.2",
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "clickhouse-cpp": {
diff --git a/versions/c-/cli11.json b/versions/c-/cli11.json
index d3f19eb6102105..e2981dfa6655b0 100644
--- a/versions/c-/cli11.json
+++ b/versions/c-/cli11.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "62edeef0f408c3143653e2fdf85c7ab04743c66a",
+      "version": "2.7.2",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "1f36dca09497113c4abf001a5e610eccff567d79",
       "version": "2.6.2",