diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-assets.yml b/.github/workflows/build-assets.yml
index 69fe87cdce4..945a2a22694 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-assets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-assets.yml
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ jobs:
             name: LN
             cmake_options_extra: ""
             ln: true
+          - os: centos-7
+            name: LN
+            ln: true
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/build-docker.yml
index 8cfcf6774c2..68664dfb99d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-docker.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
               --mount source="${{ github.workspace }}/build",target=/hpcc-dev/build,type=bind,consistency=delegated \
               --mount source="${{ github.workspace }}/.ccache",target=/root/.ccache,type=bind,consistency=delegated \
               ${{ steps.vars.outputs.docker_tag }} "\
-              cmake -G Ninja -S /hpcc-dev/${{ inputs.ln == true && 'LN' || 'HPCC-Platform' }} -B /hpcc-dev/build -DHPCC_SOURCE_DIR=/hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ inputs.build-type }} -DCONTAINERIZED=${{ inputs.containerized == true && 'ON' || 'OFF' }} -DCPACK_STRIP_FILES=${{ inputs.strip-files == true && 'ON' || 'OFF' }} ${{ inputs.single-package == true && '-DINCLUDE_PLUGINS=ON' || '-D$plugin=ON' }} ${{ inputs.cmake-configuration }} ${{ inputs.cmake-configuration-ex }} && \
+              cmake -G Ninja -S /hpcc-dev/${{ inputs.ln == true && 'LN' || 'HPCC-Platform' }} -B /hpcc-dev/build -DHPCC_SOURCE_DIR=/hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform -DVCPKG_FILES_DIR=/hpcc-dev -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ inputs.build-type }} -DCONTAINERIZED=${{ inputs.containerized == true && 'ON' || 'OFF' }} -DCPACK_STRIP_FILES=${{ inputs.strip-files == true && 'ON' || 'OFF' }} ${{ inputs.single-package == true && '-DINCLUDE_PLUGINS=ON' || '-D$plugin=ON' }} ${{ inputs.cmake-configuration }} ${{ inputs.cmake-configuration-ex }} && \
               cmake --build /hpcc-dev/build --parallel ${{ inputs.upload-package == true && '--target package' || ''}}" 
           done
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-vcpkg.yml b/.github/workflows/build-vcpkg.yml
index 368b3910954..d47fe52010d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-vcpkg.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-vcpkg.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ on:
           - 'ubuntu-22.04'
           - 'ubuntu-20.04'
           - 'rockylinux-8'
+          - 'centos-7'
         description: 'Operating System'
         required: false
         default: 'ubuntu-22.04'
@@ -168,6 +169,13 @@ jobs:
       os: rockylinux-8
     secrets: inherit
 
+  build-docker-centos-7:
+    if: ${{ contains('pull_request,push', github.event_name) }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-docker.yml
+    with:
+      os: centos-7
+    secrets: inherit
+
   build-gh_runner-ubuntu-22_04:
     if: ${{ contains('schedule,push', github.event_name) }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-gh_runner.yml
diff --git a/cmake_modules/vcpkg.cmake b/cmake_modules/vcpkg.cmake
index 35e6a0652ef..9c0466ddedb 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/vcpkg.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/vcpkg.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE ${HPCC_SOURCE_DIR}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cma
 set(VCPKG_ROOT ${HPCC_SOURCE_DIR}/vcpkg)
 set(VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR "${VCPKG_FILES_DIR}/vcpkg_installed")
 set(VCPKG_INSTALL_OPTIONS "--x-abi-tools-use-exact-versions;--downloads-root=${VCPKG_FILES_DIR}/vcpkg_downloads;--x-buildtrees-root=${VCPKG_FILES_DIR}/vcpkg_buildtrees;--x-packages-root=${VCPKG_FILES_DIR}/vcpkg_packages")
-set(VCPKG_VERBOSE OFF)
 
 if(WIN32)
     set(VCPKG_HOST_TRIPLET "x64-windows" CACHE STRING "host triplet")
@@ -24,6 +23,15 @@ elseif(UNIX)
     set(VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET "x64-linux-dynamic" CACHE STRING "target triplet")
 endif()
 
+message("-- vcpkg settings:")
+message("---- VCPKG_FILES_DIR: ${VCPKG_FILES_DIR}")
+message("---- CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE: ${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}")
+message("---- VCPKG_ROOT: ${VCPKG_ROOT}")
+message("---- VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR: ${VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}")
+message("---- VCPKG_INSTALL_OPTIONS: ${VCPKG_INSTALL_OPTIONS}")
+message("---- VCPKG_HOST_TRIPLET: ${VCPKG_HOST_TRIPLET}")
+message("---- VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET: ${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}")
+
 #  Create a catalog of the vcpkg dependencies ---
 file(GLOB VCPKG_PACKAGES ${VCPKG_FILES_DIR}/vcpkg_packages/*/CONTROL)
 list(APPEND VCPKG_PACKAGE_LIST "-----------------\n")
diff --git a/dockerfiles/vcpkg/amazonlinux.dockerfile b/dockerfiles/vcpkg/amazonlinux.dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index c7ea3c4e138..00000000000
--- a/dockerfiles/vcpkg/amazonlinux.dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-ARG VCPKG_REF=latest
-FROM hpccsystems/platform-build-base-amazonlinux:$VCPKG_REF
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "--login", "-c"]
-
-CMD ["/bin/bash"]
diff --git a/dockerfiles/vcpkg/build.sh b/dockerfiles/vcpkg/build.sh
index c15e8a2f2f3..d98257658ad 100755
--- a/dockerfiles/vcpkg/build.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/vcpkg/build.sh
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ echo "DOCKER_PASSWORD: $DOCKER_PASSWORD"
 
 docker login -u $DOCKER_USERNAME -p $DOCKER_PASSWORD
 
-CMAKE_ALL_OPTIONS="-G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DHPCC_SOURCE_DIR=/hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform -DCONTAINERIZED=OFF -DCPACK_STRIP_FILES=ON -DINCLUDE_PLUGINS=ON -DVCPKG_FILES_DIR=/hpcc-dev -DCPACK_THREADS=0 -DUSE_OPTIONAL=OFF -DUSE_CPPUNIT=ON -DSUPPRESS_REMBED=ON -DSUPPRESS_V8EMBED=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache"
-CMAKE_OPENBLAS_OPTIONS="-G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DHPCC_SOURCE_DIR=/hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform -DCONTAINERIZED=OFF -DCPACK_STRIP_FILES=OFF -DECLBLAS=ON -DVCPKG_FILES_DIR=/hpcc-dev -DCPACK_THREADS=0 -DUSE_OPTIONAL=OFF -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache"
-CMAKE_PLATFORM_OPTIONS="-G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DHPCC_SOURCE_DIR=/hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform -DCONTAINERIZED=OFF -DCPACK_STRIP_FILES=ON -DPLATFORM=ON -DVCPKG_FILES_DIR=/hpcc-dev -DCPACK_THREADS=0 -DUSE_OPTIONAL=OFF -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache"
+CMAKE_ALL_OPTIONS="-G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DHPCC_SOURCE_DIR=/hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform -DCONTAINERIZED=OFF -DCPACK_STRIP_FILES=ON -DINCLUDE_PLUGINS=ON -DVCPKG_FILES_DIR=/hpcc-dev -DCPACK_THREADS=0 -DUSE_OPTIONAL=OFF -DUSE_CPPUNIT=ON -DSUPPRESS_REMBED=ON -DSUPPRESS_V8EMBED=ON"
+CMAKE_OPENBLAS_OPTIONS="-G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DHPCC_SOURCE_DIR=/hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform -DCONTAINERIZED=OFF -DCPACK_STRIP_FILES=OFF -DECLBLAS=ON -DVCPKG_FILES_DIR=/hpcc-dev -DCPACK_THREADS=0 -DUSE_OPTIONAL=OFF"
+CMAKE_PLATFORM_OPTIONS="-G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DHPCC_SOURCE_DIR=/hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform -DCONTAINERIZED=OFF -DCPACK_STRIP_FILES=ON -DPLATFORM=ON -DVCPKG_FILES_DIR=/hpcc-dev -DCPACK_THREADS=0 -DUSE_OPTIONAL=OFF"
 
 function doBuild() {
     # docker pull "hpccsystems/platform-build-base-$1:$VCPKG_REF" || true
     # docker pull "hpccsystems/platform-build-$1:$VCPKG_REF" || true
     # docker pull "hpccsystems/platform-build-$1:$GITHUB_BRANCH" || true
 
-    docker build --progress plain --rm -f "$SCRIPT_DIR/$1.dockerfile" \
+    docker buildx build --progress plain --rm -f "$SCRIPT_DIR/$1.dockerfile" \
         --build-arg DOCKER_NAMESPACE=$DOCKER_USERNAME \
         --build-arg VCPKG_REF=$VCPKG_REF \
         --cache-from hpccsystems/platform-build-$1:$VCPKG_REF \
@@ -48,12 +48,10 @@ function doBuild() {
     # docker push hpccsystems/platform-build-$1:$VCPKG_REF
     # docker push hpccsystems/platform-build-$1:$GITHUB_BRANCH
 
-    CMAKE_OPTIONS_EXTRA=""
-    if [ "$1" == "centos-7*" ]; then
-        CMAKE_OPTIONS_EXTRA="-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-centos-7-dynamic"
-    elif [ "$1" == "amazonlinux" ]; then
-        CMAKE_OPTIONS_EXTRA="-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-amazonlinux-dynamic"
-    fi
+    rm -f ./vcpkg/vcpkg 
+    mkdir -p ./build-$1
+    CMAKE_OPTIONS_EXTRA="-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache"
+
     mkdir -p $HOME/.ccache
     docker run --rm \
         --mount source="$(pwd)",target=/hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform,type=bind,consistency=cached \
@@ -61,29 +59,33 @@ function doBuild() {
         --mount source="$HOME/.ccache",target=/root/.ccache,type=bind,consistency=cached \
         hpccsystems/platform-build-$1:$VCPKG_REF \
         "rm -rf /hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform/build-$1/CMakeCache.txt /hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform/build-$1/CMakeFiles && \
-        cmake -S /hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform -B /hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform/build-$1 ${CMAKE_ALL_OPTIONS} ${CMAKE_OPTIONS_EXTRA} -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache && \
+        cmake -S /hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform -B /hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform/build-$1 ${CMAKE_ALL_OPTIONS} ${CMAKE_OPTIONS_EXTRA} && \
         cmake --build /hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform/build-$1 --parallel && \
         echo 'Done'"
 
+    rm -f ./vcpkg/vcpkg 
+
 # sudo chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) ./build-$1
 # docker run -it --mount source="$(pwd)",target=/hpcc-dev/HPCC-Platform,type=bind,consistency=cached build-ubuntu-22.04:latest bash
 }
 
-trap 'kill $(jobs -p)' EXIT
+function cleanup() {
+    kill $(jobs -p)
+    rm -f ./vcpkg/vcpkg || true
+}
+
+trap 'cleanup; exit' EXIT
 
 # ./vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
 mkdir -p ./vcpkg-logs
 
 if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
-    doBuild $1 &
+    doBuild $1
 else
     doBuild ubuntu-24.04 &> vcpkg-logs/ubuntu-24.04.log &
     doBuild ubuntu-22.04 &> vcpkg-logs/ubuntu-22.04.log &
     doBuild ubuntu-20.04 &> vcpkg-logs/ubuntu-20.04.log &
     doBuild rockylinux-8 &> vcpkg-logs/rockylinux-8.log &
-    doBuild centos-8 &> vcpkg-logs/centos-8.log &
-    doBuild amazonlinux &> vcpkg-logs/amazonlinux.log &
-    doBuild centos-7-rh-python38 &> vcpkg-logs/centos-7-rh-python38.log & 
     doBuild centos-7 &> vcpkg-logs/centos-7.log & 
 fi
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/vcpkg/centos-7-rh-python38.dockerfile b/dockerfiles/vcpkg/centos-7-rh-python38.dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 8752d764d67..00000000000
--- a/dockerfiles/vcpkg/centos-7-rh-python38.dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-ARG VCPKG_REF=latest
-FROM hpccsystems/platform-build-base-centos-7:$VCPKG_REF
-
-RUN yum remove -y python3 python3-devel && \
-    yum install -y rh-python38 rh-python38-python-devel && \
-    yum clean all
-
-RUN echo "source /opt/rh/rh-python38/enable" >> /etc/bashrc
-SHELL ["/bin/bash", "--login", "-c"]
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "--login", "-c"]
-
-CMD ["/bin/bash"]
diff --git a/dockerfiles/vcpkg/centos-7.dockerfile b/dockerfiles/vcpkg/centos-7.dockerfile
index 04d1ba29af5..ee1fb1fdab9 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/vcpkg/centos-7.dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/vcpkg/centos-7.dockerfile
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ FROM hpccsystems/platform-build-base-centos-7:$VCPKG_REF
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "--login", "-c"]
 
+RUN yum install -y \
+    rpm-build && \
+    yum -y clean all && rm -rf /var/cache 
+
 CMD ["/bin/bash"]
diff --git a/dockerfiles/vcpkg/centos-8.dockerfile b/dockerfiles/vcpkg/centos-8.dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 108398a2711..00000000000
--- a/dockerfiles/vcpkg/centos-8.dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-ARG VCPKG_REF=latest
-FROM hpccsystems/platform-build-base-centos-8:$VCPKG_REF
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "--login", "-c"]
-
-CMD ["/bin/bash"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/couchbase/couchbaseembed.hpp b/plugins/couchbase/couchbaseembed.hpp
index 3a0c4ba0557..e95d8f3dcd3 100644
--- a/plugins/couchbase/couchbaseembed.hpp
+++ b/plugins/couchbase/couchbaseembed.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #endif
 
 //Using cpp wrapper from https://github.com/couchbaselabs/libcouchbase-cxx
+#include <cassert>
 #include <libcouchbase/couchbase++.h>
 #include <libcouchbase/couchbase++/views.h>
 #include <libcouchbase/couchbase++/query.h>
diff --git a/vcpkg b/vcpkg
index 70ea56ab7b2..376d53ed2f4 160000
--- a/vcpkg
+++ b/vcpkg
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 70ea56ab7b2ec07bfed8b6170cecdd85b2e36fe0
+Subproject commit 376d53ed2f40080b6c094501f1f06bb57bb153bc
diff --git a/vcpkg-configuration.json b/vcpkg-configuration.json
index 7ed29e6c79b..bff4e206ca6 100644
--- a/vcpkg-configuration.json
+++ b/vcpkg-configuration.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "default-registry": {
     "kind": "git",
     "repository": "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg",
-    "baseline": "f7423ee180c4b7f40d43402c2feb3859161ef625"
+    "baseline": "b2cb0da531c2f1f740045bfe7c4dac59f0b2b69c"
   },
   "registries": [],
   "overlay-ports": [
diff --git a/vcpkg.json.in b/vcpkg.json.in
index f2e23d68ff5..c26c8d0a390 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json.in
+++ b/vcpkg.json.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg/master/scripts/vcpkg.schema.json",
     "name": "hpcc-platform",
-    "version": "8.12.0",
+    "version": "9.10.0",
     "dependencies": [
         {
             "name": "apr",
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@
             "name": "openssl",
             "platform": "@VCPKG_OPENSSL@"
         },
-        "pcre2",
         {
             "name": "opentelemetry-cpp",
             "default-features": false,
@@ -175,6 +174,7 @@
                 "otlp-grpc"
             ]
         },
+        "pcre2",
         {
             "name": "python3",
             "platform": "@VCPKG_PYTHON3@ & windows"