diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 092087f36dc94ad16e45d11baa722f1e84c56ef0..3d44555deaf9b40d1b4e14825e447929560e3039 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-image: Previous Visual Studio 2015
+image: Visual Studio 2017
 
 matrix:
   fast_finish: true
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ platform:
 
 # http://www.appveyor.com/docs/installed-software
 environment:
-  QTDIR: "C:\\Qt\\5.7\\msvc2015_64"
+  QTDIR: "C:\\Qt\\5.9.1\\msvc2017_64"
   MYCONDA: "C:\\Miniconda-x64;C:\\Miniconda-x64\\Scripts;C:\\Miniconda-x64\\Library\\bin"
   MYGIT: "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd;C:\\Program Files\\Git\\usr\\bin;"
   MYOTHER: "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\CMake\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip"
-  MYMSVC: "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MSBuild\\14.0\\Bin;"
   PATH: "%QTDIR%\\bin;C:\\opt\\local_x64\\lib;%MYCONDA%;%MYGIT%;%MYOTHER%"
   PYTHONPATH: "C:\\Miniconda-x64;C:\\Miniconda-x64\\Lib;C:\\Miniconda-x64\\Lib\\site-packages;C:\\Miniconda-x64\\DLLs"
 build:
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ before_build:
 build_script:
 - mkdir build
 - cd build
-- cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" -DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=C:/opt/local_x64/include -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=C:/opt/local_x64/lib ..
+- cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=C:/opt/local_x64/include -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=C:/opt/local_x64/lib ..
 - cmake --build . --config Release
 
 test_script: