diff --git a/ports/zlib-ng/fix-cmake.patch b/ports/zlib-ng/fix-cmake.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cf08b86..00000000
--- a/ports/zlib-ng/fix-cmake.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-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 8941eb98..863178f1 100644
--- a/ports/zlib-ng/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/zlib-ng/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO zlib-ng/zlib-ng
-    REF 2.1.6
-    SHA512 59ef586c09b9a63788475abfd6dd59ed602316b38f543f801bea802ff8bec8b55a89bee90375b8bbffa3bdebc7d92a00903f4b7c94cdc1a53a36e2e1fd71d13a
-    HEAD_REF develop
-    PATCHES
-        fix-cmake.patch
+    REF 2.2.2
+    SHA512 3cb3e97ee1d20e1f3cdf0efcdf55aee0e3a192f9a2ae781cd209b1d37620c48f2ada345fb1f4357315b1cb5e09b7ea5fcdfa2fd54f7b4ac5dcb6e73860000aad
+    HEAD_REF 2.2.x
 )
 
 vcpkg_check_features(OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
@@ -23,10 +21,11 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
         -DSKIP_INSTALL_FILES=OFF
         -DZLIB_ENABLE_TESTS=OFF
         -DZLIBNG_ENABLE_TESTS=OFF
-        -DWITH_NEW_STRATEGIES=ON
+        -DWITH_GZFILEOP=ON
         -DWITH_NATIVE_INSTRUCTIONS=OFF # `-march=native` breaks `check_c_source_compiles`
     OPTIONS_DEBUG
         -DWITH_OPTIM=OFF
+        -DWITH_INFLATE_STRICT=ON
 )
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
diff --git a/ports/zlib-ng/vcpkg.json b/ports/zlib-ng/vcpkg.json
index 3cbe75de..00fb97da 100644
--- a/ports/zlib-ng/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/zlib-ng/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "zlib-ng",
-  "version": "2.1.6",
+  "version": "2.2.2",
   "description": "zlib replacement with optimizations for 'next generation' systems",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng",
   "license": "Zlib",
diff --git a/ports/zlib/portfile.cmake b/ports/zlib/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d257aea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/zlib/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+set(VCPKG_POLICY_EMPTY_PACKAGE enabled)
+
+if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
+    message(STATUS "The port will install 'zlib-ng[zlib-compat]' instead")
+else()
+    message(STATUS "The port is empty. Expect the platform SDK provides ZLIB")
+endif()
diff --git a/ports/zlib/vcpkg.json b/ports/zlib/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c6950e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/zlib/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "name": "zlib",
+  "version-date": "2024-10-03",
+  "description": "Redirection to zlib-ng or system installed ZLIB",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng",
+  "license": "Zlib",
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "zlib-ng",
+      "features": [
+        "zlib-compat"
+      ],
+      "platform": "windows"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index b936603a..5c251d3f 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -232,8 +232,12 @@
       "baseline": "2021-10-15",
       "port-version": 1
     },
+    "zlib": {
+      "baseline": "2024-10-03",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     "zlib-ng": {
-      "baseline": "2.1.6",
+      "baseline": "2.2.2",
       "port-version": 0
     }
   }
diff --git a/versions/z-/zlib-ng.json b/versions/z-/zlib-ng.json
index eb7c1470..d937fa75 100644
--- a/versions/z-/zlib-ng.json
+++ b/versions/z-/zlib-ng.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "c199d90e06c3e38a2b4547ba00d11aca04473316",
+      "version": "2.2.2",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "8eeae331a085e2e8447359500c84bcb701e29eb6",
       "version": "2.1.6",
diff --git a/versions/z-/zlib.json b/versions/z-/zlib.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae61d764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions/z-/zlib.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "3b67832abed02d23c17e5098dfc2483015319acb",
+      "version-date": "2024-10-03",
+      "port-version": 0
+    }
+  ]
+}