diff --git a/ext/native/tools/atlastool/atlastool.vcxproj b/ext/native/tools/atlastool/atlastool.vcxproj
index 9ad9d35117..e482c1e31c 100644
--- a/ext/native/tools/atlastool/atlastool.vcxproj
+++ b/ext/native/tools/atlastool/atlastool.vcxproj
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
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     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+    <PlatformToolset>$(DefaultPlatformToolset)</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../../../;../../ext;../../;../../../../ext;../prebuilt;../../../../ext/zstd/lib</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
diff --git a/ext/native/tools/zimtool/zimtool.vcxproj b/ext/native/tools/zimtool/zimtool.vcxproj
index d667a82ea8..98580d53e5 100644
--- a/ext/native/tools/zimtool/zimtool.vcxproj
+++ b/ext/native/tools/zimtool/zimtool.vcxproj
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>$(DefaultPlatformToolset)</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+    <PlatformToolset>$(DefaultPlatformToolset)</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>$(DefaultPlatformToolset)</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+    <PlatformToolset>$(DefaultPlatformToolset)</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../../../;../../ext;../../;../../../../ext;../prebuilt</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../../../;../../ext;../../;../../../../ext;../prebuilt</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>