diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-deploy.yml
index c9722cf8d..5eecc09b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-deploy.yml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
 
   stage-snapshot-windows-x86_64:
-    runs-on: windows-2016
+    runs-on: windows-2019
     name: stage-snapshot-windows-x86_64
     env:
       # Let's limit the amount of ram that is used to unpack rustup as we saw
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pr.yml
index 16bcad0b9..0a233a1a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pr.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
             **/hs_err*.log
 
   build-pr-windows:
-    runs-on: windows-2016
+    runs-on: windows-2019
     name: windows-x86_64 build
     env:
       # Let's limit the amount of ram that is used to unpack rustup as we saw
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
index e225c95b6..01c77eff1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
         run: bash ./.github/scripts/release_rollback.sh release.properties netty/netty-incubator-codec-quic main
 
   stage-release-windows-x86_64:
-    runs-on: windows-2016
+    runs-on: windows-2019
     name: stage-release-windows-x86_64
     needs: prepare-release
     env:
diff --git a/codec-native-quic/pom.xml b/codec-native-quic/pom.xml
index 2b432dead..8b9779bfc 100644
--- a/codec-native-quic/pom.xml
+++ b/codec-native-quic/pom.xml
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@
               <customPackageDirectory>${templateDir}</customPackageDirectory>
               <windowsBuildTool>msbuild</windowsBuildTool>
               <windowsCustomProps>true</windowsCustomProps>
-              <windowsPlatformToolset>v140</windowsPlatformToolset>
+              <windowsPlatformToolset>v142</windowsPlatformToolset>
               <libDirectory>${nativeLibOnlyDir}</libDirectory>
               <configureArgs>
                 <configureArg>${extraConfigureArg}</configureArg>