diff --git a/.ci/fetch_system_dependencies.sh b/.ci/fetch_system_dependencies.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 76e6c98..0000000
--- a/.ci/fetch_system_dependencies.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-if [ -z ${EXTERNAL_ROOT+x} ]; then echo EXTERNAL_ROOT not set; exit 1; fi
-
-export EXTERNAL_BUILD_ROOT=$HOME/external_build
-
-mkdir "$EXTERNAL_BUILD_ROOT" || true
-
-# Install googletest dependency
-if [ ! -f "$EXTERNAL_ROOT/include/gtest/gtest.h" ]; then
-    cd "$EXTERNAL_BUILD_ROOT";
-    wget https://github.com/google/googletest/releases/download/v1.17.0/googletest-1.17.0.tar.gz;
-    tar -xzf googletest-1.17.0.tar.gz;
-    cd googletest-1.17.0;
-    cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$EXTERNAL_ROOT" .;
-    make -j2 && make install;
-fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 1d65fae..b5551af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -25,14 +25,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup vcpkg (with binary caching)
         uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@v11
         with:
-          runVcpkgInstall: false
+          runVcpkgInstall: true
+          vcpkgJsonGlob: "${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg.json"
           vcpkgDirectory: "${{ github.workspace }}/.vcpkg"
           vcpkgGitCommitId: "58950f88544e4637524dbd6a01d0317cf4cb77fc"
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        shell: bash
-        run: $VCPKG_ROOT/vcpkg install boost-asio boost-signals2 boost-smart-ptr gtest
-
       - name: Create Build Environment
         run: cmake -E make_directory ${{runner.workspace}}/build
 
diff --git a/vcpkg-configuration.json b/vcpkg-configuration.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1991daf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg-configuration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/main/docs/vcpkg-configuration.schema.json",
+    "default-registry": {
+        "kind": "builtin",
+        "baseline": "58950f88544e4637524dbd6a01d0317cf4cb77fc"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..331f13b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/main/docs/vcpkg.schema.json",
+    "name": "consolepp",
+    "version-string": "0.0.0",
+    "dependencies": [
+        "boost-asio",
+        "boost-signals2",
+        "boost-smart-ptr",
+        "gtest"
+    ]
+}