diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8beaa71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "vcpkg"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "gitsubmodule"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(submodules)"
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(ci)"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-native.yml b/.github/workflows/build-native.yml
index 1039cbb..69a96b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-native.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-native.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           done
 
       - name: Upload the binary
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: basalt-proxy-${{ inputs.target }}
           path: build/release/bin/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 1e79574..c972498 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
           VERSION: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.version }}
         run: |
           docker run --rm -e VERSION -e CCACHE_DIR=/src/build/musl-ccache -e CCACHE_MAXSIZE=1200M -v "$PWD:/src" -w /src alpine:3.22 sh -ec '
-            apk add --no-cache ccache cmake ninja clang20 lld20 libc++-dev libc++-static llvm-libunwind-dev llvm-libunwind-static gcc g++ musl-dev linux-headers file binutils
+            apk add --no-cache ccache cmake ninja clang20 lld20 libc++-dev libc++-static llvm-libunwind-dev llvm-libunwind-static gcc g++ musl-dev linux-headers file binutils git curl zip unzip tar pkgconf
             ccache --zero-stats
             trap ".github/scripts/report-ccache.sh build/musl-ccache-summary.md" EXIT
             cmake --preset linux-musl -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-20 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-20 \
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
               .github/scripts/smoke-binary.sh "$binary"
             done
           '
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: basalt-proxy-${{ matrix.target }}
           path: build/linux-musl/bin/
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ jobs:
           api-level: 29
           arch: x86_64
           script: .github/scripts/test-android.sh build/android-x64
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: basalt-proxy-${{ matrix.target }}
           path: build/${{ matrix.preset }}/bin/
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ jobs:
           envs: VERSION CCACHE_DIR CCACHE_MAXSIZE
           cpu: 4
           mem: 8192
-          prepare: ${{ matrix.cross && 'pkg install -y cmake' || 'pkg install -y ccache cmake ninja' }}
+          prepare: ${{ matrix.cross && 'pkg install -y cmake git curl zip unzip' || 'pkg install -y ccache cmake ninja git curl zip unzip pkgconf' }}
           run: |
             set -eu
             if [ "${{ matrix.cross }}" = false ]; then
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ jobs:
                 ldd "$binary"
                 .github/scripts/smoke-binary.sh "$binary"
             done
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: basalt-proxy-${{ matrix.target }}
           path: build/freebsd/bin/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a2e404..98fd357 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 # CMake
 /build/
+/vcpkg_installed/
 .cache/
 compile_commands.json
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a7b2d61..70a8761 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28)
 
+if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/wire/CMakeLists.txt)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "wire/ is empty. Run: git submodule update --init")
+endif()
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/wire/cmake/BasaltVcpkg.cmake)
+
 project(basalt-proxy
     VERSION 26.3.0
     DESCRIPTION "Basalt Proxy: a Minecraft proxy written from scratch"
diff --git a/vcpkg-configuration.json b/vcpkg-configuration.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..235f831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg-configuration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/main/docs/vcpkg-configuration.schema.json",
+  "overlay-ports": [
+    "./wire/vcpkg-overlays/ports"
+  ],
+  "overlay-triplets": [
+    "./wire/vcpkg-overlays/triplets"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cdb727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/main/docs/vcpkg.schema.json",
+  "name": "basalt-proxy",
+  "version-semver": "26.3.0",
+  "builtin-baseline": "ec48c11eae9448c8c6e7739d93e06fa2433aa95f",
+  "dependencies": [
+    "c-ares",
+    "doctest",
+    "lua",
+    "mbedtls",
+    "monocypher",
+    "simdjson",
+    {
+      "name": "sqlite3",
+      "default-features": false,
+      "features": [
+        "omit-load-extension"
+      ]
+    },
+    "zlib",
+    "zstd"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/wire b/wire
index c34d83c..ae18dd7 160000
--- a/wire
+++ b/wire
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c34d83ccaa8be25f5438b77d2af4dc847470e1ee
+Subproject commit ae18dd73cc9188ed3b4d9a3fef2b2e3b3a33e795