diff --git a/appveyor-build.bat b/appveyor-build.bat
index ae266a5c0..ec1fd0c24 100644
--- a/appveyor-build.bat
+++ b/appveyor-build.bat
@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ SET PROJECT_DIR=%CD%
 ECHO PROJECT_DIR^: %PROJECT_DIR%
 ECHO NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS^: %NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%
 ECHO cmake^: && cmake --version
-IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 ECHO CMAKE not found GOTO ERROR
+IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 ECHO CMAKE not found && GOTO CMAKE_NOT_OK
 
-FOR /F %%G IN ("--version") DO cmake %%G 2>&1 | findstr /C:"3.5.0" > nul && goto CMAKE_NOT_OK
-GOTO CMAKE_OK
+cmake --version | findstr /C:"3.7.0" && GOTO CMAKE_OK
 
 :CMAKE_NOT_OK
-ECHO CMAKE NOT OK - downloading new CMake
-IF NOT EXIST cm.zip powershell Invoke-WebRequest https://cmake.org/files/v3.5/cmake-3.5.1-win32-x86.zip -OutFile $env:PROJECT_DIR\cm.zip
+SET CMAKE_VERSION=3.7.0-rc2
+ECHO CMAKE NOT OK - downloading new CMake %CMAKE_VERSION%
+IF NOT EXIST cm.zip powershell Invoke-WebRequest https://cmake.org/files/v3.7/cmake-%CMAKE_VERSION%-win32-x86.zip -OutFile $env:PROJECT_DIR\cm.zip
 IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR
-IF NOT EXIST cmake-3.5.1-win32-x86 7z -y x cm.zip | %windir%\system32\FIND "ing archive"
+IF NOT EXIST cmake-%CMAKE_VERSION%-win32-x86 7z -y x cm.zip | %windir%\system32\FIND "ing archive"
 IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR
-SET PATH=%PROJECT_DIR%\cmake-3.5.1-win32-x86\bin;%PATH%
+SET PATH=%PROJECT_DIR%\cmake-%CMAKE_VERSION%-win32-x86\bin;%PATH%
 
 :CMAKE_OK
 ECHO CMAKE_OK
diff --git a/build-local.bat b/build-local.bat
index a90c0aa74..8598230f3 100644
--- a/build-local.bat
+++ b/build-local.bat
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ SET CONFIGURATION=Release
 FOR /F "tokens=*" %%i in ('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD') do SET APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH=%%i
 ECHO APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH^: %APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH%
 
-::SET PATH=C:\mb\windows-builds-64\tmp-bin\cmake-3.5.0-win32-x86\bin;%PATH%
-SET PATH=C:\mb\windows-builds-64\tmp-bin\cmake-3.5.1-win32-x86\bin;%PATH%
+SET PATH=C:\mb\windows-builds-64\tmp-bin\cmake-3.7.0-rc2-win32-x86\bin;%PATH%
 SET PATH=C:\Program Files\7-Zip;%PATH%
 
 powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Force