diff --git a/electron.gyp b/electron.gyp
index e2febbaeee65..f4172866c047 100644
--- a/electron.gyp
+++ b/electron.gyp
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@
                 '<(libchromiumcontent_dir)/snapshot_blob.bin',
                 'external_binaries/d3dcompiler_47.dll',
                 'external_binaries/xinput1_3.dll',
-                'external_binaries/msvcp120.dll',
-                'external_binaries/msvcr120.dll',
-                'external_binaries/vccorlib120.dll',
+                'external_binaries/msvcp140.dll',
+                'external_binaries/vccorlib140.dll',
+                'external_binaries/vcruntime140.dll',
               ],
             },
           ],
diff --git a/script/bootstrap.py b/script/bootstrap.py
index df1a5792070b..9087c99dbcdd 100755
--- a/script/bootstrap.py
+++ b/script/bootstrap.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def check_root():
 
 
 def update_submodules():
-  execute_stdout(['git', 'submodule', 'sync'])
+  execute_stdout(['git', 'submodule', 'sync', '--recursive'])
   execute_stdout(['git', 'submodule', 'update', '--init', '--recursive'])
 
 
diff --git a/script/create-dist.py b/script/create-dist.py
index e25845432c77..56a42e794e44 100755
--- a/script/create-dist.py
+++ b/script/create-dist.py
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ TARGET_BINARIES = {
     'icudtl.dat',
     'libEGL.dll',
     'libGLESv2.dll',
-    'msvcp120.dll',
-    'msvcr120.dll',
+    'msvcp140.dll',
     'ffmpeg.dll',
     'node.dll',
     'content_resources_200_percent.pak',
@@ -45,7 +44,8 @@ TARGET_BINARIES = {
     'xinput1_3.dll',
     'natives_blob.bin',
     'snapshot_blob.bin',
-    'vccorlib120.dll',
+    'vccorlib140.dll',
+    'vcruntime140.dll',
   ],
   'linux': [
     PROJECT_NAME,  # 'electron'
diff --git a/script/update-external-binaries.py b/script/update-external-binaries.py
index fae268ea8cb7..35e6325adfae 100755
--- a/script/update-external-binaries.py
+++ b/script/update-external-binaries.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from lib.config import get_target_arch
 from lib.util import safe_mkdir, rm_rf, extract_zip, tempdir, download
 
 
-VERSION = 'v0.8.0'
+VERSION = 'v1.0.0'
 SOURCE_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
 FRAMEWORKS_URL = 'http://github.com/atom/atom-shell-frameworks/releases' \
                  '/download/' + VERSION
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def main():
     download_and_unzip('Squirrel')
   elif sys.platform in ['cygwin', 'win32']:
     download_and_unzip('directxsdk-' + get_target_arch())
-    download_and_unzip('vs2012-crt-' + get_target_arch())
+    download_and_unzip('vs2015-crt-' + get_target_arch())
 
   with open(version_file, 'w') as f:
     f.write(VERSION)