diff --git a/build/.gitignore b/build/.gitignore
index 47745bc1e..3c85ab4df 100644
--- a/build/.gitignore
+++ b/build/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 VC2010
 VC2015
 VC2015_32
+VC2022
 DF_PATH.txt
 _CPack_Packages
 *.tar.*
diff --git a/build/win64/build-debug.bat b/build/win64/build-debug.bat
index 08ef6d3a9..b8bcff6e9 100644
--- a/build/win64/build-debug.bat
+++ b/build/win64/build-debug.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-call "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" amd64
-cd VC2015
+call "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64
+cd VC2022
 msbuild /m /p:Platform=x64 /p:Configuration=RelWithDebInfo ALL_BUILD.vcxproj
 cd ..
diff --git a/build/win64/generate-MSVC-all.bat b/build/win64/generate-MSVC-all.bat
index d3261fa77..ea8db34c0 100644
--- a/build/win64/generate-MSVC-all.bat
+++ b/build/win64/generate-MSVC-all.bat
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 IF EXIST DF_PATH.txt SET /P _DF_PATH=<DF_PATH.txt
 IF NOT EXIST DF_PATH.txt SET _DF_PATH=%CD%\DF
-mkdir VC2015
-cd VC2015
+mkdir VC2022
+cd VC2022
 echo generating a build folder
-cmake ..\..\.. -G"Visual Studio 14 Win64" -T v140_xp -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%_DF_PATH%" -DBUILD_DEVEL=1 -DBUILD_DEV_PLUGINS=1 -DBUILD_STONESENSE=1
+cmake ..\..\.. -G"Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%_DF_PATH%" -DBUILD_DEVEL=1 -DBUILD_DEV_PLUGINS=1 -DBUILD_STONESENSE=1
diff --git a/build/win64/generate-MSVC-gui.bat b/build/win64/generate-MSVC-gui.bat
index c9f35ff4a..d48087931 100644
--- a/build/win64/generate-MSVC-gui.bat
+++ b/build/win64/generate-MSVC-gui.bat
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ IF NOT EXIST DF_PATH.txt SET _DF_PATH=%CD%\DF
 mkdir VC2015
 cd VC2015
 echo Pre-generating a build folder
-cmake ..\..\.. -G"Visual Studio 14 Win64" -T v140_xp -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%_DF_PATH%"
+cmake ..\..\.. -G"Visual Studio 17" -A x64 -T v190 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%_DF_PATH%"
 cmake-gui .
diff --git a/library/xml b/library/xml
index a446b5c95..cc7c6b149 160000
--- a/library/xml
+++ b/library/xml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a446b5c957d9106785e584d2d78760d5e40e06da
+Subproject commit cc7c6b149d9c0916aafa36702879700cd24aed68