diff --git a/libfabric.sln b/libfabric.sln
index 861b6ab02b0..819a2a2774a 100644
--- a/libfabric.sln
+++ b/libfabric.sln
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
-# Visual Studio Version 16
-VisualStudioVersion = 16.0.29709.97
+# Visual Studio Version 17
+VisualStudioVersion = 17
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "libfabric", "libfabric.vcxproj", "{6B3A874F-B14C-4F16-B7C3-31E94859AE3E}"
 EndProject