diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 255b9469..6a23b28a 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "opendht",
   "version-string": "3.5.1",
   "port-version": 1,
-  "description": "OpenDHT is a distributed hash table (DHT) implementation that provides a decentralized and fault-tolerant way to store and retrieve data across a network of nodes.",
+  "description": "OpenDHT: A lightweight C++17 Distributed Hash Table library.",
   "homepage": "https://opendht.net",
   "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
   "dependencies": [