diff --git a/ports/zlib-ng/fix-cmake.patch b/ports/zlib-ng/fix-cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5cf08b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/zlib-ng/fix-cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 8bcfaf7..3d11f12 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1208,9 +1208,11 @@ if(NOT SKIP_INSTALL_FILES AND NOT SKIP_INSTALL_ALL)
+         endif()
+     endif()
+     install(TARGETS ${ZLIB_INSTALL_LIBRARIES}
+-        EXPORT ${EXPORT_NAME}
+-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+-    install(EXPORT ${EXPORT_NAME}
++        EXPORT ${EXPORT_NAME}Config
++        RUNTIME DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}"
++        ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
++        LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
++    install(EXPORT ${EXPORT_NAME}Config
+         DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${EXPORT_NAME}"
+         NAMESPACE ${EXPORT_NAME}::)
+ endif()
diff --git a/ports/zlib-ng/portfile.cmake b/ports/zlib-ng/portfile.cmake
index dd84ccae..8941eb98 100644
--- a/ports/zlib-ng/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/zlib-ng/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,17 +1,12 @@
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO zlib-ng/zlib-ng
-    REF 2.0.7
-    SHA512 1c19a62bb00727ac49049c299fb70060da95b5fafa448144ae4133372ec8c3da15cef6c1303485290f269b23c580696554ca0383dba3e1f9609f65c332981988
-    HEAD_REF master
+    REF 2.1.6
+    SHA512 59ef586c09b9a63788475abfd6dd59ed602316b38f543f801bea802ff8bec8b55a89bee90375b8bbffa3bdebc7d92a00903f4b7c94cdc1a53a36e2e1fd71d13a
+    HEAD_REF develop
+    PATCHES
+        fix-cmake.patch
 )
-if(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x64")
-    # list(APPEND ARCH_OPTIONS)
-elseif(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86")
-    # list(APPEND ARCH_OPTIONS)
-elseif(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "arm64")
-    # list(APPEND ARCH_OPTIONS)
-endif()
 
 vcpkg_check_features(OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
     FEATURES
@@ -21,8 +16,13 @@ vcpkg_check_features(OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
     OPTIONS
-        ${ARCH_OPTIONS} ${FEATURE_OPTIONS}
+        ${FEATURE_OPTIONS}
+        -DSKIP_INSTALL_ALL=OFF
+        -DSKIP_INSTALL_HEADERS=OFF
+        -DSKIP_INSTALL_LIBRARIES=OFF
+        -DSKIP_INSTALL_FILES=OFF
         -DZLIB_ENABLE_TESTS=OFF
+        -DZLIBNG_ENABLE_TESTS=OFF
         -DWITH_NEW_STRATEGIES=ON
         -DWITH_NATIVE_INSTRUCTIONS=OFF # `-march=native` breaks `check_c_source_compiles`
     OPTIONS_DEBUG
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig() # zlib-ng>=2.0
+if("zlib-compat" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/ZLIB PACKAGE_NAME ZLIB)
+else()
+    vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/zlib-ng PACKAGE_NAME zlib-ng)
+endif()
 
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share"
                     "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include"
diff --git a/ports/zlib-ng/vcpkg.json b/ports/zlib-ng/vcpkg.json
index ff2b1b1f..3cbe75de 100644
--- a/ports/zlib-ng/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/zlib-ng/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "zlib-ng",
-  "version": "2.0.7",
+  "version": "2.1.6",
   "description": "zlib replacement with optimizations for 'next generation' systems",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng",
   "license": "Zlib",
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
       "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
     }
   ],
   "features": {
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 47febafe..cca85acc 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
       "port-version": 1
     },
     "zlib-ng": {
-      "baseline": "2.0.7",
+      "baseline": "2.1.6",
       "port-version": 0
     }
   }
diff --git a/versions/z-/zlib-ng.json b/versions/z-/zlib-ng.json
index f1b4ba09..eb7c1470 100644
--- a/versions/z-/zlib-ng.json
+++ b/versions/z-/zlib-ng.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "8eeae331a085e2e8447359500c84bcb701e29eb6",
+      "version": "2.1.6",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "4ef6900d01db2348cc5fab186ba0394f237f8a47",
       "version": "2.0.7",