diff --git a/.github/workflows/ccpp.yml b/.github/workflows/ccpp.yml
index 70b6e5e764c..daaa9b0dba3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ccpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ccpp.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-makefile:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Update apt
       run: sudo apt update
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-vcpkg-opencv4-cuda:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Setup tmate session
       uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
@@ -125,19 +125,19 @@ jobs:
         LD_LIBRARY_PATH: "/usr/local/cuda/lib64:/usr/local/cuda/lib64/stubs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
       run: ${{ github.workspace }}/build.ps1 -UseVCPKG -DoNotUpdateVCPKG -EnableOPENCV -EnableCUDA -EnableCUDNN -DisableInteractive -DoNotUpdateTOOL
 
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-vcpkg-cuda-${{ runner.os }}
         path: cfg
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-vcpkg-cuda-${{ runner.os }}
         path: data
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-vcpkg-cuda-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/*dark*
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-vcpkg-cuda-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/uselib*
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-vcpkg-opencv3-cuda:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-vcpkg-opencv2-cuda:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Update apt
       run: sudo apt update
@@ -266,19 +266,19 @@ jobs:
         LD_LIBRARY_PATH: "/usr/local/cuda/lib64:/usr/local/cuda/lib64/stubs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
       run: ${{ github.workspace }}/build.ps1 -EnableOPENCV -DisableInteractive -DoNotUpdateTOOL
 
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-${{ runner.os }}
         path: cfg
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-${{ runner.os }}
         path: data
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/*dark*
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/uselib*
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-cuda:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Update apt
       run: sudo apt update
@@ -315,19 +315,19 @@ jobs:
         LD_LIBRARY_PATH: "/usr/local/cuda/lib64:/usr/local/cuda/lib64/stubs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
       run: ${{ github.workspace }}/build.ps1 -EnableOPENCV -EnableCUDA -EnableCUDNN -DisableInteractive -DoNotUpdateTOOL
 
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-cuda-${{ runner.os }}
         path: cfg
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-cuda-${{ runner.os }}
         path: data
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-cuda-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/*dark*
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-cuda-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/uselib*
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-no-ocv-cpp:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-setup-sh:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: 'Setup vcpkg and NuGet artifacts backend'
       shell: bash
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ jobs:
   osx-vcpkg:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Setup tmate session
       uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
@@ -411,19 +411,19 @@ jobs:
       shell: pwsh
       run: ${{ github.workspace }}/build.ps1 -UseVCPKG -DoNotUpdateVCPKG -EnableOPENCV -DisableInteractive -DoNotUpdateTOOL
 
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-vcpkg-${{ runner.os }}
         path: cfg
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-vcpkg-${{ runner.os }}
         path: data
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-vcpkg-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/*dark*
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-vcpkg-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/uselib*
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ jobs:
   osx:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: brew install opencv libomp
@@ -443,19 +443,19 @@ jobs:
       shell: pwsh
       run: ${{ github.workspace }}/build.ps1 -EnableOPENCV -DisableInteractive -DoNotUpdateTOOL
 
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-${{ runner.os }}
         path: cfg
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-${{ runner.os }}
         path: data
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/*dark*
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/uselib*
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ jobs:
   osx-no-ocv-no-omp-cpp:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ jobs:
   win-vcpkg:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Setup tmate session
       uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
@@ -507,23 +507,23 @@ jobs:
       shell: pwsh
       run: ${{ github.workspace }}/build.ps1 -UseVCPKG -ForceLocalVCPKG -DoNotUpdateVCPKG -EnableOPENCV -DisableInteractive -DoNotUpdateTOOL
 
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-vcpkg-${{ runner.os }}
         path: cfg
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-vcpkg-${{ runner.os }}
         path: data
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-vcpkg-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/*dark*
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-vcpkg-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/build_release/*.dll
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-vcpkg-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/uselib*
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ jobs:
   win-vcpkg-port:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: 'Setup vcpkg and NuGet artifacts backend'
       shell: bash
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ jobs:
   win-intlibs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -569,23 +569,23 @@ jobs:
       shell: pwsh
       run: ${{ github.workspace }}/build.ps1 -DisableInteractive -DoNotUpdateTOOL
 
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-${{ runner.os }}
         path: cfg
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-${{ runner.os }}
         path: data
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/*dark*
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/3rdparty/pthreads/bin/*.dll
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: darknet-${{ runner.os }}
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/uselib*
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ jobs:
   win-setup-ps1:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: 'Setup vcpkg and NuGet artifacts backend'
       shell: bash
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ jobs:
   win-intlibs-cpp:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ jobs:
   win-csharp:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ jobs:
   win-intlibs-cuda:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: 'Install CUDA'
       run: ${{ github.workspace }}/scripts/deploy-cuda.ps1
 
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ jobs:
   win-powershell51:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -677,17 +677,13 @@ jobs:
   mingw:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
     - name: 'Build with CMake'
-      uses: lukka/run-cmake@v3
-      with:
-        cmakeListsOrSettingsJson: CMakeListsTxtAdvanced
-        cmakeListsTxtPath: '${{ github.workspace }}/CMakeLists.txt'
-        useVcpkgToolchainFile: true
-        buildDirectory: '${{ runner.workspace }}/buildDirectory'
-        cmakeAppendedArgs: "-G\"MinGW Makefiles\" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_CUDA=OFF -DENABLE_CUDNN=OFF -DENABLE_OPENCV=OFF"
-        cmakeBuildType: 'Release'
-        buildWithCMakeArgs: '--config Release --target install'
+      run: |
+        mkdir build_release
+        cd build_release
+        cmake .. -G"MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_CUDA=OFF -DENABLE_CUDNN=OFF -DENABLE_OPENCV=OFF
+        cmake --build . --config Release --target install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/on_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/on_pr.yml
index d7c3447824f..c97875046fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/on_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/on_pr.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-makefile:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Update apt
       run: sudo apt update
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-vcpkg-opencv4-cuda:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-vcpkg-opencv3-cuda:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-vcpkg-opencv2-cuda:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Update apt
       run: sudo apt update
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-cuda:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Update apt
       run: sudo apt update
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-no-ocv-cpp:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-setup-sh:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: 'Setup vcpkg and NuGet artifacts backend'
       shell: bash
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ jobs:
   osx-vcpkg:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: brew install libomp yasm nasm pkg-config
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ jobs:
   osx:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: brew install opencv libomp
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ jobs:
   osx-no-ocv-no-omp-cpp:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ jobs:
   win-vcpkg:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ jobs:
   win-intlibs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ jobs:
   win-setup-ps1:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: 'Setup vcpkg and NuGet artifacts backend'
       shell: bash
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ jobs:
   win-intlibs-cpp:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ jobs:
   win-csharp:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ jobs:
   win-intlibs-cuda:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: 'Install CUDA'
       run: ${{ github.workspace }}/scripts/deploy-cuda.ps1
 
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ jobs:
   win-powershell51:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
@@ -430,17 +430,13 @@ jobs:
   mingw:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
 
     - name: 'Build with CMake'
-      uses: lukka/run-cmake@v3
-      with:
-        cmakeListsOrSettingsJson: CMakeListsTxtAdvanced
-        cmakeListsTxtPath: '${{ github.workspace }}/CMakeLists.txt'
-        useVcpkgToolchainFile: true
-        buildDirectory: '${{ runner.workspace }}/buildDirectory'
-        cmakeAppendedArgs: "-G\"MinGW Makefiles\" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_CUDA=OFF -DENABLE_CUDNN=OFF -DENABLE_OPENCV=OFF"
-        cmakeBuildType: 'Release'
-        buildWithCMakeArgs: '--config Release --target install'
+      run: |
+        mkdir build_release
+        cd build_release
+        cmake .. -G"MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_CUDA=OFF -DENABLE_CUDNN=OFF -DENABLE_OPENCV=OFF
+        cmake --build . --config Release --target install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rebase.yml b/.github/workflows/rebase.yml
index 251a259ffcf..f9e853e439b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rebase.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rebase.yml
@@ -5,15 +5,22 @@ on:
 jobs:
   rebase:
     name: Rebase
-    if: github.event.issue.pull_request != '' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '/rebase') && (github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'OWNER' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'CONTRIBUTOR')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: >-
+      github.event.issue.pull_request != '' &&
+      (
+        contains(github.event.comment.body, '/rebase') ||
+        contains(github.event.comment.body, '/autosquash')
+      )
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the latest code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, you will fail to push refs to dest repo
       - name: Automatic Rebase
-        uses: cirrus-actions/rebase@1.5
+        uses: cirrus-actions/rebase@1.8
+        with:
+          autosquash: ${{ contains(github.event.comment.body, '/autosquash') || contains(github.event.comment.body, '/rebase-autosquash') }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d3afb968447..412a93f9e1a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.19)
 include(CMakeDependentOption)
 
-set(Darknet_MAJOR_VERSION 0)
-set(Darknet_MINOR_VERSION 2)
-set(Darknet_PATCH_VERSION 5)
-set(Darknet_TWEAK_VERSION 4)
-set(Darknet_VERSION ${Darknet_MAJOR_VERSION}.${Darknet_MINOR_VERSION}.${Darknet_PATCH_VERSION}.${Darknet_TWEAK_VERSION})
-
-message("Darknet_VERSION: ${Darknet_VERSION}")
-
 option(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE "Create verbose makefile" ON)
 option(CUDA_VERBOSE_BUILD "Create verbose CUDA build" ON)
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Create dark as a shared library" ON)
@@ -85,17 +77,23 @@ endif()
 cmake_dependent_option(ENABLE_SSE_AND_AVX_FLAGS "Enable AVX and SSE optimizations (x86-only)" ON "CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC_OR_CLANG;IS_X86" OFF)
 
 if(ENABLE_VCPKG_INTEGRATION AND DEFINED ENV{VCPKG_ROOT} AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
+  set(CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0077 NEW)
+  set(X_VCPKG_APPLOCAL_DEPS_INSTALL ON)
   set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "$ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" CACHE STRING "")
   #set(_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg CACHE STRING "")  #folder for manifest-installed dependencies
   message(STATUS "VCPKG found: $ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}")
   message(STATUS "Using VCPKG integration")
-  message(STATUS "VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES: ${VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES}")
   set(USE_INTEGRATED_LIBS "FALSE" CACHE BOOL "Use libs distributed with this repo")
+  if(VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES)
+    message(STATUS "VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES: ${VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES}")
+  endif()
 elseif(DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
   message(STATUS "Using toolchain: ${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}")
   if(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE MATCHES "vcpkg.cmake")
     message(STATUS "Toolchain uses VCPKG integration")
-    message(STATUS "VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES: ${VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES}")
+    if(VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES)
+      message(STATUS "VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES: ${VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES}")
+    endif()
   endif()
   set(USE_INTEGRATED_LIBS "FALSE" CACHE BOOL "Use libs distributed with this repo")
 elseif(WIN32)
@@ -106,6 +104,30 @@ else()
   set(USE_INTEGRATED_LIBS "TRUE" CACHE BOOL "Use libs distributed with this repo")
 endif()
 
+if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vcpkg.json)
+  file(READ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vcpkg.json VCPKG_JSON_STRING)
+  string(JSON VERSION_STRING GET ${VCPKG_JSON_STRING} version)
+else()
+  set(VERSION_STRING "0.2.5.4")
+endif()
+
+string(REPLACE "." ";" VERSION_LIST ${VERSION_STRING})
+list(LENGTH VERSION_LIST VERSION_LIST_LENGTH)
+if(VERSION_LIST_LENGTH LESS 3)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Darknet needs at least major.minor.patch version numbers to properly configure")
+endif()
+list(GET VERSION_LIST 0 Darknet_MAJOR_VERSION)
+list(GET VERSION_LIST 1 Darknet_MINOR_VERSION)
+list(GET VERSION_LIST 2 Darknet_PATCH_VERSION)
+if(VERSION_LIST_LENGTH GREATER 3)
+  list(GET VERSION_LIST 3 Darknet_TWEAK_VERSION)
+else()
+  set(Darknet_TWEAK_VERSION 0)
+endif()
+
+set(Darknet_VERSION ${Darknet_MAJOR_VERSION}.${Darknet_MINOR_VERSION}.${Darknet_PATCH_VERSION}.${Darknet_TWEAK_VERSION})
+message("Darknet_VERSION: ${Darknet_VERSION}")
+
 project(Darknet VERSION ${Darknet_VERSION})
 
 enable_language(C)
@@ -602,3 +624,11 @@ endif()
 if(ENABLE_CSHARP_WRAPPER)
   add_subdirectory(src/csharp)
 endif()
+
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS_SKIP TRUE)
+include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
+
+install(
+    PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS}
+    DESTINATION ${INSTALL_BIN_DIR}
+)
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 30caffb7f88..045049cca21 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "darknet",
-  "version-date": "2021-04-16",
+  "version": "0.2.5.5",
   "description": "Darknet is an open source neural network framework written in C and CUDA. You only look once (YOLO) is a state-of-the-art, real-time object detection system, best example of darknet functionalities.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/alexeyab/darknet",
   "dependencies": [
diff --git a/vcpkg.json.opencv23 b/vcpkg.json.opencv23
index ccfb9afa289..11c1a5da21e 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json.opencv23
+++ b/vcpkg.json.opencv23
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "darknet",
-  "version-date": "2021-04-16",
+  "version": "0.2.5.5",
   "description": "Darknet is an open source neural network framework written in C and CUDA. You only look once (YOLO) is a state-of-the-art, real-time object detection system, best example of darknet functionalities.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/alexeyab/darknet",
   "dependencies": [