diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_windows_cmake.yml b/.github/workflows/build_windows_cmake.yml
index ece9dea602f..68beb6bc094 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_windows_cmake.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_windows_cmake.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 name: Windows / C++ - CMake only
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - 'releases/**'
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - '*'
+  # push:
+  #   branches:
+  #     - master
+  #     - 'releases/**'
+  # pull_request:
+  #   branches:
+  #     - '*'
+  workflow_dispatch
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.sha }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/python_wheels.yml
index 118d733e6ad..ac945225dc3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_wheels.yml
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-2019
     env:
       VCPKG_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}\\vcpkg
-      VCPKG_REF: 501db0f17ef6df184fcdbfbe0f87cde2313b6ab1
+      VCPKG_REF: 2023.12.12
       VCPKG_DEFAULT_BINARY_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}\vcpkg_binary_cache
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ebcf941e71..dd418c38987 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ packages-microsoft-prod.deb
 reinforcement_learning/unit_test/rlclient-test.out
 cs/azure_service/azure_service.ccproj.user
 
+vcpkg_installed/
+
 build
 dist/
 *.model
diff --git a/ext_libs/vcpkg b/ext_libs/vcpkg
index 501db0f17ef..c8696863d37 160000
--- a/ext_libs/vcpkg
+++ b/ext_libs/vcpkg
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 501db0f17ef6df184fcdbfbe0f87cde2313b6ab1
+Subproject commit c8696863d371ab7f46e213d8f5ca923c4aef2a00