diff --git a/cmake/BundledLibcURL.cmake b/cmake/BundledLibcURL.cmake
index ffcdeebc4e..fa2b6b5652 100644
--- a/cmake/BundledLibcURL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BundledLibcURL.cmake
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ function(use_bundled_curl SOURCE_DIR BINARY_DIR)
             -DCURL_USE_LIBPSL=OFF
             -DCURL_USE_OPENSSL=ON
             -DUSE_NGHTTP2=OFF
+            -DCURL_ZSTD=OFF
+            -DCURL_BROTLI=OFF
             )
 
     append_third_party_passthrough_args(CURL_CMAKE_ARGS "${CURL_CMAKE_ARGS}")
@@ -59,8 +61,8 @@ function(use_bundled_curl SOURCE_DIR BINARY_DIR)
     # Build project
     ExternalProject_Add(
             curl-external
-            URL "https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/curl-8_11_1/curl-8.11.1.tar.gz"
-            URL_HASH "SHA256=a889ac9dbba3644271bd9d1302b5c22a088893719b72be3487bc3d401e5c4e80"
+            URL "https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/curl-8_18_0/curl-8.18.0.tar.gz"
+            URL_HASH "SHA256=e9274a5f8ab5271c0e0e6762d2fce194d5f98acc568e4ce816845b2dcc0cf88f"
             SOURCE_DIR "${BINARY_DIR}/thirdparty/curl-src"
             LIST_SEPARATOR % # This is needed for passing semicolon-separated lists
             CMAKE_ARGS ${CURL_CMAKE_ARGS}
@@ -98,5 +100,7 @@ function(use_bundled_curl SOURCE_DIR BINARY_DIR)
         target_link_libraries(CURL::libcurl INTERFACE "-framework CoreFoundation")
         target_link_libraries(CURL::libcurl INTERFACE "-framework SystemConfiguration")
         target_link_libraries(CURL::libcurl INTERFACE "-framework CoreServices")
+    elseif (WIN32)
+        target_link_libraries(CURL::libcurl INTERFACE Iphlpapi.lib)
     endif()
 endfunction(use_bundled_curl SOURCE_DIR BINARY_DIR)
diff --git a/thirdparty/curl/module-path.patch b/thirdparty/curl/module-path.patch
index 90b3a2dbe1..f141cc38fe 100644
--- a/thirdparty/curl/module-path.patch
+++ b/thirdparty/curl/module-path.patch
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index a0fe76c24..e12b81b91 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
- 
- cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7...3.16 FATAL_ERROR)
- 
--set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake;${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}")
+diff -rupN a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt    2026-01-07 07:57:50.000000000 +0100
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt    2026-02-06 16:52:59.927109936 +0100
+@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if(NOT "$ENV{CURL_BUILDINFO}$ENV{CURL_CI
+   endforeach()
+ endif()
+
+-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake" ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
 +list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake")
  include(Utilities)
  include(Macros)