diff --git a/win32/kafkacat.vcxproj b/win32/kafkacat.vcxproj
index 451b434c..99794e85 100644
--- a/win32/kafkacat.vcxproj
+++ b/win32/kafkacat.vcxproj
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="packages\librdkafka.redist.0.11.6\build\librdkafka.redist.props" Condition="Exists('packages\librdkafka.redist.0.11.6\build\librdkafka.redist.props')" />
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
@@ -130,12 +129,12 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
-    <Import Project="packages\librdkafka.redist.1.0.0\build\native\librdkafka.redist.targets" Condition="Exists('packages\librdkafka.redist.1.0.0\build\native\librdkafka.redist.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="packages\librdkafka.redist.1.5.0\build\native\librdkafka.redist.targets" Condition="Exists('packages\librdkafka.redist.1.5.0\build\native\librdkafka.redist.targets')" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <ErrorText>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Use NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('packages\librdkafka.redist.1.0.0\build\native\librdkafka.redist.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', 'packages\librdkafka.redist.1.0.0\build\native\librdkafka.redist.targets'))" />
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('packages\librdkafka.redist.1.5.0\build\native\librdkafka.redist.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', 'packages\librdkafka.redist.1.5.0\build\native\librdkafka.redist.targets'))" />
   </Target>
 </Project>
diff --git a/win32/packages.config b/win32/packages.config
index ea2f6891..ad9f4edf 100644
--- a/win32/packages.config
+++ b/win32/packages.config
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
-  <package id="librdkafka.redist" version="1.0.0" targetFramework="native" />
+  <package id="librdkafka.redist" version="1.5.0" targetFramework="native" />
 </packages>