diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
index 8b006990a5e5c2..7f1f419cdca842 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
@@ -205,22 +205,30 @@ function(vcpkg_find_acquire_program VAR)
     set(HASH f73b04e2d9f29d4393fde572dcf3c3f0f6fa27e747e5df292294ab7536ae24c239bf917689d71eb10cc49f6b9a4ace26d7c122ee887d93cc935f268c404e9067)
   elseif(VAR MATCHES "NINJA")
     set(PROGNAME ninja)
-    set(SUBDIR "ninja-1.10.0")
+    set(NINJA_VERSION 1.10.0)
+    set(SUBDIR "ninja-${NINJA_VERSION}")
+    set(_vfa_SUPPORTED ON)
     if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
+      set(ARCHIVE "ninja-win-${NINJA_VERSION}.zip")
       set(PATHS "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/${SUBDIR}-windows")
       list(APPEND PATHS "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/ninja/${SUBDIR}")
+      set(URL "https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v${NINJA_VERSION}/ninja-win.zip")
+      set(HASH a196e243c53daa1df9d287af658d6d38d6b830b614f2d5704e8c88ffc61f179a533ae71cdb6d0d383d1559d65dacccbaaab270fb2a33aa211e5dba42ff046f97)
     elseif(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
+      set(ARCHIVE "ninja-mac-${NINJA_VERSION}.zip")
+      set(URL "https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v${NINJA_VERSION}/ninja-mac.zip")
       set(PATHS "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/${SUBDIR}-osx")
+      set(HASH 619a1924067a0b30fc5f8887f868d3ee5481838d2f0f158d031f7614a2a10b95a73d4a56b658d5d560283ebf809e2e536b968c6c01ff0108075c3f393f5780ba)
     elseif(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
       set(PATHS "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/${SUBDIR}-freebsd")
+      set(_vfa_SUPPORTED OFF)
     else()
+      set(ARCHIVE "ninja-linux-${NINJA_VERSION}.zip")
+      set(URL "https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v${NINJA_VERSION}/ninja-linux.zip")
       set(PATHS "${DOWNLOADS}/tools/${SUBDIR}-linux")
+      set(HASH ffb179ab8ea315167fcc99a8f13286e1363590185b18cf819cc73e09f2a7553790e9dc45fd1ccd0bd1d2dbf543aee3f6c0951cf9ce453a7168ffd2ac873cdd29)
     endif()
-    set(BREW_PACKAGE_NAME "ninja")
-    set(APT_PACKAGE_NAME "ninja-build")
-    set(URL "https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.10.0/ninja-win.zip")
-    set(ARCHIVE "ninja-win-1.10.0.zip")
-    set(HASH a196e243c53daa1df9d287af658d6d38d6b830b614f2d5704e8c88ffc61f179a533ae71cdb6d0d383d1559d65dacccbaaab270fb2a33aa211e5dba42ff046f97)
+    set(VERSION_CMD --version)
   elseif(VAR MATCHES "NUGET")
     set(PROGNAME nuget)
     set(SUBDIR "5.5.1")
@@ -379,10 +387,36 @@ function(vcpkg_find_acquire_program VAR)
     message(FATAL "unknown tool ${VAR} -- unable to acquire.")
   endif()
 
+  macro(do_version_check)
+    if(VERSION_CMD)
+        _execute_process(
+            COMMAND ${${VAR}} ${VERSION_CMD}
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${DOWNLOADS}
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${VAR}_VERSION_OUTPUT
+        )
+        string(STRIP "${${VAR}_VERSION_OUTPUT}" ${VAR}_VERSION_OUTPUT)
+        #TODO: REGEX MATCH case for more complex cases!
+        if(NOT ${VAR}_VERSION_OUTPUT VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL ${VAR}_VERSION)
+            message(STATUS "Found ${PROGNAME}('${${VAR}_VERSION_OUTPUT}') but at least version ${${VAR}_VERSION} is required! Trying to use internal version if possible!")
+            set(${VAR} "${VAR}-NOTFOUND" CACHE INTERNAL "")
+        else()
+            message(STATUS "Found external ${PROGNAME}('${${VAR}_VERSION_OUTPUT}').")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+  endmacro()
+  
   macro(do_find)
     if(NOT DEFINED REQUIRED_INTERPRETER)
       find_program(${VAR} ${PROGNAME} PATHS ${PATHS} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-      find_program(${VAR} ${PROGNAME})
+      if(NOT ${VAR})
+        find_program(${VAR} ${PROGNAME})
+        if(${VAR} AND NOT ${VAR}_VERSION_CHECKED)
+            do_version_check()
+            set(${VAR}_VERSION_CHECKED ON)
+        elseif(${VAR}_VERSION_CHECKED)
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find ${PROGNAME} with min version of ${${VAR}_VERSION}")
+        endif()
+      endif()
     else()
       vcpkg_find_acquire_program(${REQUIRED_INTERPRETER})
       find_file(SCRIPT_${VAR} ${SCRIPTNAME} PATHS ${PATHS} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
@@ -456,8 +490,11 @@ function(vcpkg_find_acquire_program VAR)
         LOGNAME ${VAR}-tool-post-install
       )
     endif()
-
+    unset(${VAR} CACHE)
     do_find()
+    if(NOT ${VAR})
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find ${VAR}")
+    endif()
   endif()
 
   set(${VAR} "${${VAR}}" PARENT_SCOPE)
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_fortran.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_fortran.cmake
index e6be2722e5d911..daf63ce7279eec 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_fortran.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_fortran.cmake
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function(vcpkg_find_fortran additional_cmake_args_out)
             else()
                 message(FATAL_ERROR "Unknown architecture '${VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE}' for MinGW Fortran build!")
             endif()
-            vcpkg_acquire_msys(MSYS_ROOT "mingw-w64-${MSYS_TARGET}-gcc-fortran")
+            vcpkg_acquire_msys(MSYS_ROOT PACKAGES "mingw-w64-${MSYS_TARGET}-gcc-fortran")
             set(MINGW_BIN "${MSYS_ROOT}/${MINGW_PATH}/bin")
             vcpkg_add_to_path(PREPEND "${MINGW_BIN}")
             list(APPEND ARGS_OUT -DCMAKE_GNUtoMS=ON