diff --git a/projects/Windows/tmpl/curl.vcxproj.filters b/projects/Windows/tmpl/curl.vcxproj.filters
index 0d9d4d5fef..d2b9907aae 100644
--- a/projects/Windows/tmpl/curl.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/projects/Windows/tmpl/curl.vcxproj.filters
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="$TOOLSVER" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <ItemGroup>
     <Filter Include="Source Files">
       <UniqueIdentifier>{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}</UniqueIdentifier>
diff --git a/projects/Windows/tmpl/libcurl.vcxproj.filters b/projects/Windows/tmpl/libcurl.vcxproj.filters
index 0d9d4d5fef..d2b9907aae 100644
--- a/projects/Windows/tmpl/libcurl.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/projects/Windows/tmpl/libcurl.vcxproj.filters
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="$TOOLSVER" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <ItemGroup>
     <Filter Include="Source Files">
       <UniqueIdentifier>{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}</UniqueIdentifier>
diff --git a/projects/generate.bat b/projects/generate.bat
index b3990b42d1..4337e2aa70 100644
--- a/projects/generate.bat
+++ b/projects/generate.bat
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ rem
     set "R02=2013"
     set "R03=v120"
     set "R04=VC12"
-    set "R05=4.0"
+    set "R05=12.0"
   )
 
   echo * %CD%\%3