diff --git a/openrct2.common.props b/openrct2.common.props
index ebb17b3e4e..64726fa8ef 100644
--- a/openrct2.common.props
+++ b/openrct2.common.props
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
       <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 /std:c++latest /permissive-</AdditionalOptions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>imm32.lib;version.lib;winmm.lib;crypt32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">openrct2-libs-vs2015-x86.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">openrct2-libs-vs2015-x64.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>imm32.lib;version.lib;winmm.lib;crypt32.lib;wldap32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">openrct2-libs-vs2017-x86.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">openrct2-libs-vs2017-x64.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalOptions>/OPT:NOLBR /ignore:4099 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <IncludePath>$(SolutionDir)src;$(SolutionDir)lib\include;$(SolutionDir)lib\include\breakpad;$(SolutionDir)lib\include\libspeex;$(SolutionDir)lib\include\sdl;$(SolutionDir)lib\include\jansson;$(SolutionDir)lib\include\sdl_ttf;$(SolutionDir)lib\include\libpng;$(SolutionDir)lib\include\zlib;$(SolutionDir)lib\include\libzip;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
+    <IncludePath>$(SolutionDir)src;$(SolutionDir)lib\include;$(SolutionDir)lib\include\sdl2;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
     <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)lib;$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
     <LinkIncremental />
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/openrct2.proj b/openrct2.proj
index 7cad3cbc7b..50b38a049c 100644
--- a/openrct2.proj
+++ b/openrct2.proj
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@
     <Version>0.1.2</Version>
     <VersionExtra Condition="'$(GIT_BRANCH)'!=''">-$(GIT_BRANCH)-$(GIT_COMMIT_SHA1_SHORT)</VersionExtra>
     <VersionExtra Condition="'$(GIT_TAG)'!=''"></VersionExtra>
-    <TargetLibsVersion>12</TargetLibsVersion>
+    <TargetLibsVersion>13</TargetLibsVersion>
 
     <!-- Set dynamic OpenRCT2 #defines -->
     <OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS Condition="'$(BUILD_SERVER)'!=''">/D "OPENRCT2_BUILD_SERVER=\"$(BUILD_SERVER)\"" $(OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS)</OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS>
     <OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS Condition="'$(GIT_BRANCH)'!=''">/D "OPENRCT2_BRANCH=\"$(GIT_BRANCH)\"" $(OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS)</OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS>
     <OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS Condition="'$(GIT_COMMIT_SHA1)'!=''">/D "OPENRCT2_COMMIT_SHA1=\"$(GIT_COMMIT_SHA1)\"" $(OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS)</OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS>
     <OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS Condition="'$(GIT_COMMIT_SHA1_SHORT)'!=''">/D "OPENRCT2_COMMIT_SHA1_SHORT=\"$(GIT_COMMIT_SHA1_SHORT)\"" $(OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS)</OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS>
-    <OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">/D "USE_BREAKPAD" $(OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS)</OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS>
 
     <RootDir>$(MsBuildThisFileDirectory)</RootDir>
     <DistDir>$(RootDir)distribution\</DistDir>
@@ -63,8 +62,8 @@
   <!-- 3rd party libraries / dependencies -->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <DependenciesCheckFile>$(RootDir).dependencies</DependenciesCheckFile>
-    <LibsUrl>https://github.com/OpenRCT2/Dependencies/releases/download/v$(TargetLibsVersion)/openrct2-libs-vs2015.zip</LibsUrl>
-    <LibsSha1>f845fe2fad0a1dece905c42ac4cfc1234ec447a7</LibsSha1>
+    <LibsUrl>https://github.com/OpenRCT2/Dependencies/releases/download/v$(TargetLibsVersion)/openrct2-libs-vs2017.zip</LibsUrl>
+    <LibsSha1>00d4eaf3ed7653a1abf82df0c255338fa0d6f9b0</LibsSha1>
     <GtestVersion>1.8.0</GtestVersion>
     <GtestUrl>https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.8.0.zip</GtestUrl>
     <GtestSha1>667f873ab7a4d246062565fad32fb6d8e203ee73</GtestSha1>
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 9f41d63847..6dde8f9d43 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ OpenRCT2 requires original files of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 to play. It can be bo
 
 ### Windows:
 - 7 / 8 / 10
-- Visual Studio 2017 (Enterprise / Professional / [Community (Free)](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/))
+- Visual Studio 2017 update 3 (Enterprise / Professional / [Community (Free)](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/))
   - Desktop development with C++
   - Windows 10 SDK (10.0.14393.0)
 - [7-Zip](http://www.7-zip.org/) (for deployment only)