diff --git a/depends/hosts/mingw32.mk b/depends/hosts/mingw32.mk
index 755d7aebe4c..4628f7255df 100644
--- a/depends/hosts/mingw32.mk
+++ b/depends/hosts/mingw32.mk
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ mingw32_debug_CXXFLAGS=$(mingw32_debug_CFLAGS)
 mingw32_debug_CPPFLAGS=-D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG_PEDANTIC
 
 mingw32_cmake_system_name=Windows
-# Windows 7 (NT 6.1).
-mingw32_cmake_system_version=6.1
+# Windows 10
+mingw32_cmake_system_version=10.0
diff --git a/depends/packages/libevent.mk b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
index 4c05e8a0a74..f839f11862d 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libevent.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ $(package)_patches+=fix_mingw_link.patch
 $(package)_build_subdir=build
 
 # When building for Windows, we set _WIN32_WINNT to target the same Windows
-# version as we do in configure. Due to quirks in libevents build system, this
+# version as we do in releases. Due to quirks in libevents build system, this
 # is also required to enable support for ipv6. See #19375.
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=-DEVENT__DISABLE_BENCHMARK=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL=ON
   $(package)_config_opts+=-DEVENT__DISABLE_SAMPLES=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_REGRESS=ON
   $(package)_config_opts+=-DEVENT__DISABLE_TESTS=ON -DEVENT__LIBRARY_TYPE=STATIC
   $(package)_cppflags += -D_GNU_SOURCE
-  $(package)_cppflags_mingw32=-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601
+  $(package)_cppflags_mingw32=-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00
 
   ifeq ($(NO_HARDEN),)
   $(package)_cppflags+=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3
diff --git a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
index 743cc38cc77..89e10d15efd 100644
--- a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts += -DBUILD_SHARED=OFF -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF -DZMQ_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
   $(package)_config_opts += -DENABLE_DRAFTS=OFF -DZMQ_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
   $(package)_cxxflags += -ffile-prefix-map=$($(package)_extract_dir)=/usr
-  $(package)_config_opts_mingw32 += -DZMQ_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601 -DZMQ_HAVE_IPC=OFF
+  $(package)_config_opts_mingw32 += -DZMQ_WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00 -DZMQ_HAVE_IPC=OFF
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds