diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 885948c112..0c404bffaa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ gen_file_dep = |
 endif
 
 .PHONY: visualc_files
-VISUALC_FILES = visualc/VS2013/mbedTLS.sln visualc/VS2013/mbedTLS.vcxproj
+VISUALC_FILES = visualc/VS2017/mbedTLS.sln visualc/VS2017/mbedTLS.vcxproj
 # TODO: $(app).vcxproj for each $(app) in programs/
 visualc_files: $(VISUALC_FILES)
 
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ visualc_files: $(VISUALC_FILES)
 # they just need to be present.
 $(VISUALC_FILES): | library/generated_files
 $(VISUALC_FILES): $(gen_file_dep) scripts/generate_visualc_files.pl
-$(VISUALC_FILES): $(gen_file_dep) scripts/data_files/vs2013-app-template.vcxproj
-$(VISUALC_FILES): $(gen_file_dep) scripts/data_files/vs2013-main-template.vcxproj
-$(VISUALC_FILES): $(gen_file_dep) scripts/data_files/vs2013-sln-template.sln
+$(VISUALC_FILES): $(gen_file_dep) scripts/data_files/vs2017-app-template.vcxproj
+$(VISUALC_FILES): $(gen_file_dep) scripts/data_files/vs2017-main-template.vcxproj
+$(VISUALC_FILES): $(gen_file_dep) scripts/data_files/vs2017-sln-template.sln
 # TODO: also the list of .c and .h source files, but not their content
 $(VISUALC_FILES):
 	echo "  Gen   $@ ..."
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ neat: clean_more_on_top
 	$(MAKE) -C programs neat
 	$(MAKE) -C tests neat
 ifndef WINDOWS
-	rm -f visualc/VS2013/*.vcxproj visualc/VS2013/mbedTLS.sln
+	rm -f visualc/VS2017/*.vcxproj visualc/VS2017/mbedTLS.sln
 else
-	if exist visualc\VS2013\*.vcxproj del /Q /F visualc\VS2013\*.vcxproj
-	if exist visualc\VS2013\mbedTLS.sln del /Q /F visualc\VS2013\mbedTLS.sln
+	if exist visualc\VS2017\*.vcxproj del /Q /F visualc\VS2017\*.vcxproj
+	if exist visualc\VS2017\mbedTLS.sln del /Q /F visualc\VS2017\mbedTLS.sln
 endif
 
 check: lib tests
diff --git a/scripts/data_files/vs2013-app-template.vcxproj b/scripts/data_files/vs2017-app-template.vcxproj
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/data_files/vs2013-app-template.vcxproj
rename to scripts/data_files/vs2017-app-template.vcxproj
diff --git a/scripts/data_files/vs2013-main-template.vcxproj b/scripts/data_files/vs2017-main-template.vcxproj
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/data_files/vs2013-main-template.vcxproj
rename to scripts/data_files/vs2017-main-template.vcxproj
diff --git a/scripts/data_files/vs2013-sln-template.sln b/scripts/data_files/vs2017-sln-template.sln
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/data_files/vs2013-sln-template.sln
rename to scripts/data_files/vs2017-sln-template.sln
diff --git a/scripts/generate_visualc_files.pl b/scripts/generate_visualc_files.pl
index 96ade2fa76..272337c22d 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_visualc_files.pl
+++ b/scripts/generate_visualc_files.pl
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ use warnings;
 use strict;
 use Digest::MD5 'md5_hex';
 
-my $vsx_dir = "visualc/VS2013";
+my $vsx_dir = "visualc/VS2017";
 my $vsx_ext = "vcxproj";
-my $vsx_app_tpl_file = "scripts/data_files/vs2013-app-template.$vsx_ext";
-my $vsx_main_tpl_file = "scripts/data_files/vs2013-main-template.$vsx_ext";
+my $vsx_app_tpl_file = "scripts/data_files/vs2017-app-template.$vsx_ext";
+my $vsx_main_tpl_file = "scripts/data_files/vs2017-main-template.$vsx_ext";
 my $vsx_main_file = "$vsx_dir/mbedTLS.$vsx_ext";
-my $vsx_sln_tpl_file = "scripts/data_files/vs2013-sln-template.sln";
+my $vsx_sln_tpl_file = "scripts/data_files/vs2017-sln-template.sln";
 my $vsx_sln_file = "$vsx_dir/mbedTLS.sln";
 
 my $programs_dir = 'programs';
diff --git a/scripts/windows_msbuild.bat b/scripts/windows_msbuild.bat
index ff2b9f2d1c..2bc6a51ce8 100644
--- a/scripts/windows_msbuild.bat
+++ b/scripts/windows_msbuild.bat
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if not "%~1"=="" set "retarget=,PlatformToolset=%1"
 @rem vcvarsall.bat will silently change the directory to that directory.
 @rem Setting the VSCMD_START_DIR environment variable causes it to change
 @rem to that directory instead.
-set "VSCMD_START_DIR=%~dp0\..\visualc\VS2013"
+set "VSCMD_START_DIR=%~dp0\..\visualc\VS2017"
 
 "%vcvarsall%" x64 && ^
 msbuild /t:Rebuild /p:Configuration=%cfg%%retarget% /m mbedTLS.sln
diff --git a/tests/scripts/check-generated-files.sh b/tests/scripts/check-generated-files.sh
index 3fe4e8c63a..792885fdf3 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/check-generated-files.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/check-generated-files.sh
@@ -142,5 +142,5 @@ if in_mbedtls_repo; then
     # generate_visualc_files enumerates source files (library/*.c). It doesn't
     # care about their content, but the files must exist. So it must run after
     # the step that creates or updates these files.
-    check scripts/generate_visualc_files.pl visualc/VS2013
+    check scripts/generate_visualc_files.pl visualc/VS2017
 fi
diff --git a/visualc/VS2013/.gitignore b/visualc/VS2017/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from visualc/VS2013/.gitignore
rename to visualc/VS2017/.gitignore