diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3a47398..92e7544 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           done
 
   windows:
-    runs-on: windows-2016
+    runs-on: windows-2019
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir build
           cd build
-          cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -A ${{ matrix.platform }} -DCPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION="${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}-python${{ matrix.python-version }}"
+          cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A ${{ matrix.platform }} -DCPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION="${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}-python${{ matrix.python-version }}"
           cmake --build . --config ${{ env.MSVC_CONFIG }}
 
       - name: Run tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f544bb9..8dca7b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ jobs:
           tag_name: ${{ steps.get-git-tag.outputs.name }}
           release_name: libloot-python v${{ steps.get-git-tag.outputs.name }}
           body: |
-            Requires Windows 7 or later and the [MSVC 2017 x86 redistributable](https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/749aa419-f9e4-4578-a417-a43786af205e/d59197078cc425377be301faba7dd87a/vc_redist.x86.exe), and [7-Zip](http://www.7-zip.org/) to extract the archive.
+            Requires Windows 7 or later and the [MSVC 2019 x86 redistributable](https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe), and [7-Zip](http://www.7-zip.org/) to extract the archive.
 
   windows:
-    runs-on: windows-2016
+    runs-on: windows-2019
     needs: create_release
 
     strategy:
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir build
           cd build
-          cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -A ${{ matrix.platform }} -DCPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION="${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}-python${{ matrix.python-version }}"
+          cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A ${{ matrix.platform }} -DCPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION="${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}-python${{ matrix.python-version }}"
           cmake --build . --config ${{ env.MSVC_CONFIG }}
 
       - name: Build archive
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 0548378..6590eab 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ libloot-python
 
 This archive contains a build of the libloot-python wrapper module and its corresponding 32-bit Windows build of libloot.
 
-The DLL requires the [MSVC 2017 x86 redistributable](https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/749aa419-f9e4-4578-a417-a43786af205e/d59197078cc425377be301faba7dd87a/vc_redist.x86.exe)
+The DLL requires the [MSVC 2019 x86 redistributable](https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe)
 to be installed.
 
 See the [online documentation](http://loot-api-python.readthedocs.org/) for more information.
diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index 3da9ef4..21ac492 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ Build archives contain two binaries:
 * ``loot.*.pyd`` is the Python wrapper
 * ``loot.dll`` is the C++ library DLL that the Python wrapper was built against.
 
-The C++ DLL requires the `Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86)`_
+The C++ DLL requires the `Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable (x86)`_
 to be installed.
 
 To use the wrapper, copy both files to wherever you want to import them from
 (they must be in the same folder), and you're done!
 
-.. _Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86): https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/749aa419-f9e4-4578-a417-a43786af205e/d59197078cc425377be301faba7dd87a/vc_redist.x86.exe
+.. _Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable (x86): https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe
 
 Using the wrapper
 =================