diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 80f78887fa..e5b8d8c9bd 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ environment:
   - TOOLSET: msbuild
     CONFIGURATION: DLL Release
     ARCH: x64
+    VSVER: 17
     APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2022
   - TOOLSET: msbuild
     CONFIGURATION: Debug
     ARCH: x64
+    VSVER: 17
     wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8: 1
     APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2022
   - TOOLSET: nmake
diff --git a/build/tools/appveyor.bat b/build/tools/appveyor.bat
index 4ce8c961c6..6b2d023efe 100644
--- a/build/tools/appveyor.bat
+++ b/build/tools/appveyor.bat
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ goto %TOOLSET%
 
 :msbuild
 cd build\msw
-msbuild /m:2 /v:n /p:Platform=%ARCH% /p:Configuration="%CONFIGURATION%" wx_vc14.sln %MSBUILD_LOGGER%
+msbuild /m:2 /v:n /p:Platform=%ARCH% /p:Configuration="%CONFIGURATION%" wx_vc%VSVER%.sln %MSBUILD_LOGGER%
 cd ..\..\tests
-msbuild /m:2 /v:n /p:Platform=%ARCH% /p:Configuration="%CONFIGURATION%" test_vc14.sln %MSBUILD_LOGGER%
-msbuild /m:2 /v:n /p:Platform=%ARCH% /p:Configuration="%CONFIGURATION%" test_gui_vc14.sln %MSBUILD_LOGGER%
+msbuild /m:2 /v:n /p:Platform=%ARCH% /p:Configuration="%CONFIGURATION%" test_vc%VSVER%.sln %MSBUILD_LOGGER%
+msbuild /m:2 /v:n /p:Platform=%ARCH% /p:Configuration="%CONFIGURATION%" test_gui_vc%VSVER%.sln %MSBUILD_LOGGER%
 cd  ..\samples
-msbuild /m:2 /v:n /p:Platform=%ARCH% /p:Configuration="%CONFIGURATION%" /t:"1 Fundamental Samples\minimal" samples_vc14.sln %MSBUILD_LOGGER%
+msbuild /m:2 /v:n /p:Platform=%ARCH% /p:Configuration="%CONFIGURATION%" /t:"1 Fundamental Samples\minimal" samples_vc%VSVER%.sln %MSBUILD_LOGGER%
 goto :eof
 
 :nmake