diff --git a/coin/provisioning/common/linux/install-vcpkg.sh b/coin/provisioning/common/linux/install-vcpkg.sh
index b7d5c63f..27d9b3e2 100755
--- a/coin/provisioning/common/linux/install-vcpkg.sh
+++ b/coin/provisioning/common/linux/install-vcpkg.sh
@@ -18,12 +18,43 @@ echo "Cloning the vcpkg repo"
 git clone "$vcpkgRepo" "$vcpkgRoot"
 git -C "$vcpkgRoot" checkout "tags/$vcpkgVersion"
 
-vcpkgToolReleaseTag=$(grep 'vcpkg_tool_release_tag=' "${BASH_SOURCE%/*}/../shared/vcpkg_tool_release_tag.txt" | cut -d '=' -f 2)
-nonDottedReleaseTag=${vcpkgVersion//-/}
+releaseTagFile="${BASH_SOURCE%/*}/../shared/vcpkg_tool_release_tag.txt"
+for line in $(cat "$releaseTagFile")
+do
+    IFS='='
+    read -ra keyValue <<< "$line"
+    unset IFS
+
+    case "${keyValue[0]}" in
+        "vcpkg_tool_release_tag")
+            vcpkgToolReleaseTag=${keyValue[1]}
+            ;;
+        "linux_sha1")
+            vcpkgToolSHA1=${keyValue[1]}
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ -z vcpkgToolReleaseTag ]
+then
+    echo "Unable to read release tag from $releaseTagFile"
+    echo "Content:"
+    cat $releaseTagFile
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z vcpkgToolSHA1 ]
+then
+    echo "Unable to read vcpkg tool SHA1 from $releaseTagFile"
+    echo "Content:"
+    cat $releaseTagFile
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+nonDottedReleaseTag=${vcpkgToolReleaseTag//-/}
 
 vcpkgToolOfficialUrl="https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/archive/refs/tags/$vcpkgToolReleaseTag.tar.gz"
 vcpkgToolCacheUrl="http://ci-files01-hki.ci.qt.io/input/vcpkg/vcpkg-tool-$nonDottedReleaseTag.tar.gz"
-vcpkgToolSHA1="99a31b0bed2845f5c915735121d34c453126ec76"
 vcpkgToolSourceFolder="$HOME/vcpkg-tool-$vcpkgToolReleaseTag"
 vcpkgToolBuildFolder="$HOME/vcpkg-tool-$vcpkgToolReleaseTag/build"
 
diff --git a/coin/provisioning/common/shared/vcpkg_tool_release_tag.txt b/coin/provisioning/common/shared/vcpkg_tool_release_tag.txt
index f0099f2b..05273af3 100644
--- a/coin/provisioning/common/shared/vcpkg_tool_release_tag.txt
+++ b/coin/provisioning/common/shared/vcpkg_tool_release_tag.txt
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 vcpkg_tool_release_tag=2024-09-18
+windows_x64_sha1=484373186A905E9F39FE385F4FB59F263B9FFE95
+windows_arm64_sha1=E0C4CBCD64B867CE386886806D8CA9C84610545F
+linux_sha1=99a31b0bed2845f5c915735121d34c453126ec76
diff --git a/coin/provisioning/common/windows/install-vcpkg.ps1 b/coin/provisioning/common/windows/install-vcpkg.ps1
index 29079f11..1dc532c7 100644
--- a/coin/provisioning/common/windows/install-vcpkg.ps1
+++ b/coin/provisioning/common/windows/install-vcpkg.ps1
@@ -23,22 +23,38 @@ git.exe -C "$vcpkgRoot" checkout "tags/$vcpkgVersion"
 
 # Download vcpkg-tool, i.e., vcpkg.exe
 
-$n = Get-Content "$PSScriptRoot\..\shared\vcpkg_tool_release_tag.txt"
-$n = $n.Split('=')
-$vcpkgExeReleaseTag = $n[1]
+$releaseTagFileContent = Get-Content "$PSScriptRoot\..\shared\vcpkg_tool_release_tag.txt"
+$n = $releaseTagFileContent.Split("`n")
+$sha1key = "windows_" + $arch + "_sha1"
+foreach ($keyValue in $n) {
+    $keyValue = $keyValue.Split('=')
+    if($keyValue[0] -eq "vcpkg_tool_release_tag") {
+        $vcpkgExeReleaseTag = $keyValue[1]
+    } elseif($keyValue[0] -eq $sha1key) {
+        $vcpkgExeSHA1 = $keyValue[1]
+    }
+}
+
+if(!$vcpkgExeReleaseTag) {
+    Write-Host "Unable to read release tag from $PSScriptRoot\..\shared\vcpkg_tool_release_tag.txt"
+    Write-Host "Content:"
+    Write-Host "$releaseTagFileContent"
+    exit 1
+}
 $nonDottedReleaseTag = $vcpkgExeReleaseTag.replace('-', "")
 
+if(!$vcpkgExeSHA1) {
+    Write-Host "Unable to read vcpkg tool SHA1 from $PSScriptRoot\..\shared\vcpkg_tool_release_tag.txt"
+    Write-Host "Content:"
+    Write-Host "$releaseTagFileContent"
+    exit 1
+}
+
 $suffix = "-$arch"
 if($arch -eq "x64") {
     $suffix = ""
 }
 
-if($arch -eq "x64") {
-    $vcpkgExeSHA1 = "484373186A905E9F39FE385F4FB59F263B9FFE95"
-} elseif($arch -eq "arm64") {
-    $vcpkgExeSHA1 = "E0C4CBCD64B867CE386886806D8CA9C84610545F"
-}
-
 $vcpkgExeOfficialUrl = "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/releases/download/$vcpkgExeReleaseTag/vcpkg$suffix.exe"
 $vcpkgExeCacheUrl = "\\ci-files01-hki.ci.qt.io\provisioning\vcpkg\vcpkg-$nonDottedReleaseTag-windows-$arch.exe"
 $vcpkgExe = "C:\Windows\Temp\vcpkg.exe"