diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index 70b405133ba082..00e53c989f53cc 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -556,7 +556,6 @@ Optional requirements for compiling for Windows 10 on ARM (ARM64):
 * Windows 10 SDK 10.0.17763.0 or newer
 
 ##### Option 2: Automated install with Boxstarter
-<a name="boxstarter"></a>
 
 A [Boxstarter](https://boxstarter.org/) script can be used for easy setup of
 Windows systems with all the required prerequisites for Node.js development.
@@ -567,7 +566,7 @@ packages:
   Unix tools added to the `PATH`.
 * [Python 3.x](https://chocolatey.org/packages/python) and
   [legacy Python](https://chocolatey.org/packages/python2)
-* [Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2017buildtools)
+* [Visual Studio 2019 Build Tools](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2019buildtools)
   with [Visual C++ workload](https://chocolatey.org/packages/visualstudio2017-workload-vctools)
 * [NetWide Assembler](https://chocolatey.org/packages/nasm)
 
diff --git a/tools/bootstrap/README.md b/tools/bootstrap/README.md
index ec031e637c24a8..2f323331b4b0c3 100644
--- a/tools/bootstrap/README.md
+++ b/tools/bootstrap/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-See the main project [BUILDING.md](../../BUILDING.md#boxstarter) for details on
-how to use this script.
+See the main project
+[BUILDING.md](../../BUILDING.md#option-2-automated-install-with-boxstarter)
+for details on how to use this script.
diff --git a/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter b/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter
index 86867ced52ce29..dd6dd25ba03a2f 100644
--- a/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter
+++ b/tools/bootstrap/windows_boxstarter
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 choco install git -params /GitAndUnixToolsOnPath -y
 choco install python python2 -y
 
-# Installs VS 2017 Build Tools
-choco install visualstudio2017buildtools -y
-choco install visualstudio2017-workload-vctools -y --params="--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.ARM64 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL.ARM64"
+# Installs VS 2019 Build Tools
+choco install visualstudio2019buildtools -y
+choco install visualstudio2019-workload-vctools -y --params="--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.ARM64 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL.ARM64"
 
 # NASM
 choco install nasm -y