diff --git a/template/cmake/vcpkg/bootstrap/vcpkg_bootstrap.cmake b/template/cmake/vcpkg/bootstrap/vcpkg_bootstrap.cmake
index c697a0c..5546f78 100644
--- a/template/cmake/vcpkg/bootstrap/vcpkg_bootstrap.cmake
+++ b/template/cmake/vcpkg/bootstrap/vcpkg_bootstrap.cmake
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ function(_vcpkg_bootstrap)
                   "${arg_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}")
   endif()
 
+  if(NOT DEFINED arg_REPO)
+    set(arg_REPO https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git)
+  endif()
+
   find_package(Git QUIET REQUIRED)
 
   if(DEFINED CACHE{_VCPKG_ROOT})
diff --git a/template/cmake/vcpkg/vcpkg.toolchain.cmake.jinja b/template/cmake/vcpkg/vcpkg.toolchain.cmake.jinja
index acf91aa..ae52534 100644
--- a/template/cmake/vcpkg/vcpkg.toolchain.cmake.jinja
+++ b/template/cmake/vcpkg/vcpkg.toolchain.cmake.jinja
@@ -27,5 +27,4 @@ set(VCPKG_VERBOSE
 
 file(READ ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/vcpkg.json _vcpkg_json)
 string(JSON _builtin_baseline GET ${_vcpkg_json} builtin-baseline)
-vcpkg_configure(CACHE_DIR_NAME {{ ss_cmake_repo_name}} REPO
-                https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git REF ${_builtin_baseline})
+vcpkg_configure(CACHE_DIR_NAME {{ ss_cmake_repo_name}} REF ${_builtin_baseline})