diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index bf26bd6..fb886ca 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+image: Visual Studio 2019
 environment:
   TWINE_USERNAME: basler
   #Enable this for testing purposes
@@ -15,8 +16,10 @@ environment:
     # isn't covered by this document) at the time of writing.
 
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Python34"
+      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2015
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Python34-x64"
       DISTUTILS_USE_SDK: "1"
+      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2015
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Python35"
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Python35-x64"
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Python36"
@@ -25,6 +28,8 @@ environment:
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Python37-x64"
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Python38"
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Python38-x64"
+    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python39"
+    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python39-x64"
 
 install:
   # Install an outdated version of readme_renderer because it is the last one with python 3.4 support (https://github.com/pypa/readme_renderer/releases/tag/25.0)
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 32447f8..3509cb4 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Version 1.7.1rc1
+    - Date 2021-02-19
+    - Add missing pypi deployments for python 3.9 on windows
+
 Version 1.7.0
     - Date 2021-02-19
     - Adapted to python 3.9.