diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2ab141bad44..1da4cee1b66 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ Tests
Build
-----
+- Build against bzip2 1.0.6 and openssl 0.9.8x on Windows.
+
- Issue #14557: Fix extensions build on HP-UX. Patch by Adi Roiban.
- Issue #14437: Fix building the _io module under Cygwin.
diff --git a/PC/VS8.0/pyproject.vsprops b/PC/VS8.0/pyproject.vsprops
index 5d8a8abb0be..0516d1266b4 100644
--- a/PC/VS8.0/pyproject.vsprops
+++ b/PC/VS8.0/pyproject.vsprops
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
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