diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9145ef37b..d7db3fe2a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -434,14 +434,14 @@ if(APPLE)
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/SDL)
 elseif(WIN32)
     set(COMMON_INCLUDE_DIRS ${COMMON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-                            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/curl-7.86.0-win64-mingw/include
-                            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/glew-2.1.0/include
-                            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1/include
+                            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/curl/include
+                            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/glew/include
+                            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/ffmpeg/include
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/FreeImage/Dist/x64
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/freetype/include
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/libgit2/include
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/pugixml/src
-                            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/SDL2-2.26.5)
+                            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/SDL2)
 elseif(EMSCRIPTEN)
     set(COMMON_INCLUDE_DIRS ${COMMON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
                             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/curl/include
diff --git a/tools/Windows_dependencies_build_MinGW.sh b/tools/Windows_dependencies_build_MinGW.sh
index a06b1e5b1..5ff152e8a 100644
--- a/tools/Windows_dependencies_build_MinGW.sh
+++ b/tools/Windows_dependencies_build_MinGW.sh
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ echo "Building all dependencies in the ./external directory..."
 
 echo -e "\nBuilding GLEW"
 
-if [ ! -d glew-2.1.0 ]; then
+if [ ! -d glew ]; then
   echo "GLEW directory is missing, aborting."
   exit
 fi
 
-cd glew-2.1.0
+cd glew
 make clean
 make -j${JOBS} 2>/dev/null
 cp lib/glew32.dll ../..
diff --git a/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MSVC.bat b/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MSVC.bat
index c8eee0c59..2aa6ce2e0 100644
--- a/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MSVC.bat
+++ b/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MSVC.bat
@@ -35,20 +35,26 @@ cd external
 
 echo Setting up curl
 
-if exist curl-7.86.0-win64-mingw\ (
-  rmdir /S /Q curl-7.86.0-win64-mingw
+if exist curl-8.1.2_3-win64-mingw\ (
+  rmdir /S /Q curl-8.1.2_3-win64-mingw
 )
 
-curl -O https://curl.se/windows/dl-7.86.0/curl-7.86.0-win64-mingw.zip
-7z x curl-7.86.0-win64-mingw.zip
+if exist curl\ (
+  rmdir /S /Q curl
+)
 
-if not exist curl-7.86.0-win64-mingw\bin\ (
+curl -O https://curl.se/windows/dl-8.1.2_3/curl-8.1.2_3-win64-mingw.zip
+7z x curl-8.1.2_3-win64-mingw.zip
+
+if not exist curl-8.1.2_3-win64-mingw\bin\ (
   echo curl directory is missing, aborting.
   cd ..
   goto end
 )
 
-cd curl-7.86.0-win64-mingw\bin
+rename curl-8.1.2_3-win64-mingw curl
+
+cd curl\bin
 
 dumpbin /exports libcurl-x64.dll > exports.txt
 echo LIBRARY libcurl-x64 > libcurl-x64.def
@@ -67,6 +73,10 @@ if exist glew-2.1.0\ (
   rmdir /S /Q glew-2.1.0
 )
 
+if exist glew\ (
+  rmdir /S /Q glew
+)
+
 curl -LO https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/glew/glew/2.1.0/glew-2.1.0-win32.zip
 7z x glew-2.1.0-win32.zip
 
@@ -76,8 +86,10 @@ if not exist glew-2.1.0\ (
   goto end
 )
 
-copy /Y glew-2.1.0\bin\Release\x64\glew32.dll ..
-copy /Y glew-2.1.0\lib\Release\x64\glew32.lib ..
+rename glew-2.1.0 glew
+
+copy /Y glew\bin\Release\x64\glew32.dll ..
+copy /Y glew\lib\Release\x64\glew32.lib ..
 
 echo:
 echo Setting up FreeType
@@ -95,7 +107,7 @@ if not exist freetype\ (
 )
 
 cd freetype
-git checkout VER-2-12-1
+git checkout VER-2-13-0
 mkdir build
 cd ..
 
@@ -134,10 +146,51 @@ if not exist libgit2\ (
 )
 
 cd libgit2
-git checkout v1.6.3
+git checkout v1.6.4
 mkdir build
 cd ..
 
+echo:
+echo Setting up Poppler
+
+if exist poppler-23.05.0\ (
+  rmdir /S /Q poppler-23.05.0
+)
+
+if exist poppler\ (
+  rmdir /S /Q poppler
+)
+
+curl -LO https://github.com/oschwartz10612/poppler-windows/releases/download/v23.05.0-0/Release-23.05.0-0.zip
+7z x Release-23.05.0-0.zip
+
+if not exist poppler-23.05.0\Library\ (
+  echo Poppler directory is missing, aborting.
+  cd ..
+  goto end
+)
+
+rename poppler-23.05.0 poppler
+
+copy /Y poppler\Library\lib\poppler-cpp.lib ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\charset.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\deflate.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\freetype.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\iconv.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\jpeg8.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\lcms2.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\Lerc.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\libcrypto-3-x64.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\libcurl.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\liblzma.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\libssh2.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\openjp2.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\poppler.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\poppler-cpp.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\tiff.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\zlib.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+copy /Y poppler\Library\bin\zstd.dll ..\es-pdf-converter
+
 echo:
 echo Setting up pugixml
 
@@ -154,7 +207,7 @@ if not exist pugixml\ (
 )
 
 cd pugixml
-git checkout v1.12.1
+git checkout v1.13
 cd ..
 
 echo:
@@ -164,6 +217,10 @@ if exist SDL2-2.26.5\ (
   rmdir /S /Q SDL2-2.26.5
 )
 
+if exist SDL2\ (
+  rmdir /S /Q SDL2
+)
+
 curl -LO https://libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.26.5-VC.zip
 
 7z x SDL2-devel-2.26.5-VC.zip
@@ -174,12 +231,14 @@ if not exist SDL2-2.26.5\ (
   goto end
 )
 
-cd SDL2-2.26.5
+rename SDL2-2.26.5 SDL2
+
+cd SDL2
 rename include SDL2
 cd ..
-copy /Y SDL2-2.26.5\lib\x64\SDL2.dll ..
-copy /Y SDL2-2.26.5\lib\x64\SDL2.lib ..
-copy /Y SDL2-2.26.5\lib\x64\SDL2main.lib ..
+copy /Y SDL2\lib\x64\SDL2.dll ..
+copy /Y SDL2\lib\x64\SDL2.lib ..
+copy /Y SDL2\lib\x64\SDL2main.lib ..
 
 echo:
 echo Setting up FFmpeg
@@ -188,6 +247,10 @@ if exist ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\ (
   rmdir /S /Q ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1
 )
 
+if exist ffmpeg\ (
+  rmdir /S /Q ffmpeg
+)
+
 :: This package should be available for download for two years.
 curl -LO https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/autobuild-2022-09-30-12-41/ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1.zip
 7z x ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1.zip
@@ -198,19 +261,21 @@ if not exist ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\ (
   goto end
 )
 
-copy /Y ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\bin\avcodec-59.dll ..
-copy /Y ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\bin\avfilter-8.dll ..
-copy /Y ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\bin\avformat-59.dll ..
-copy /Y ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\bin\avutil-57.dll ..
-copy /Y ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\bin\postproc-56.dll ..
-copy /Y ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\bin\swresample-4.dll ..
-copy /Y ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\bin\swscale-6.dll ..
-copy /Y ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\lib\avcodec.lib ..
-copy /Y ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\lib\avfilter.lib ..
-copy /Y ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\lib\avformat.lib ..
-copy /Y ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\lib\avutil.lib ..
-copy /Y ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\lib\swresample.lib ..
-copy /Y ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1\lib\swscale.lib ..
+rename ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1 ffmpeg
+
+copy /Y ffmpeg\bin\avcodec-59.dll ..
+copy /Y ffmpeg\bin\avfilter-8.dll ..
+copy /Y ffmpeg\bin\avformat-59.dll ..
+copy /Y ffmpeg\bin\avutil-57.dll ..
+copy /Y ffmpeg\bin\postproc-56.dll ..
+copy /Y ffmpeg\bin\swresample-4.dll ..
+copy /Y ffmpeg\bin\swscale-6.dll ..
+copy /Y ffmpeg\lib\avcodec.lib ..
+copy /Y ffmpeg\lib\avfilter.lib ..
+copy /Y ffmpeg\lib\avformat.lib ..
+copy /Y ffmpeg\lib\avutil.lib ..
+copy /Y ffmpeg\lib\swresample.lib ..
+copy /Y ffmpeg\lib\swscale.lib ..
 
 echo:
 echo Setting up OpenSSL
diff --git a/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MinGW.sh b/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MinGW.sh
index b0361f1a4..caa61b5b2 100644
--- a/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MinGW.sh
+++ b/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup_MinGW.sh
@@ -20,20 +20,22 @@ echo -e "Setting up dependencies in the ./external directory..."
 cd external
 
 echo -e "\nSetting up curl"
-rm -rf curl-*
+rm -rf curl*
 
-curl -O https://curl.se/windows/dl-7.86.0/curl-7.86.0-win64-mingw.zip
-unzip curl-7.86.0-win64-mingw.zip
+curl -O https://curl.se/windows/dl-8.1.2_3/curl-8.1.2_3-win64-mingw.zip
+unzip curl-8.1.2_3-win64-mingw.zip
 
-if [ ! -d curl-7.86.0-win64-mingw ]; then
+if [ ! -d curl-8.1.2_3-win64-mingw ]; then
   echo "curl directory is missing, aborting."
   exit
 fi
 
-cp -p curl-7.86.0-win64-mingw/bin/libcurl-x64.dll ..
+mv curl-8.1.2_3-win64-mingw curl
+
+cp -p curl/bin/libcurl-x64.dll ..
 
 echo -e "\nSetting up GLEW"
-rm -rf glew-*
+rm -rf glew*
 
 curl -LO https://sourceforge.net/projects/glew/files/glew/2.1.0/glew-2.1.0.zip
 unzip glew-2.1.0.zip
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ if [ ! -d glew-2.1.0 ]; then
   exit
 fi
 
+mv glew-2.1.0 glew
+
 echo -e "\nSetting up FreeType"
 rm -rf freetype
 
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@ if [ ! -d freetype ]; then
 fi
 
 cd freetype
-git checkout VER-2-12-1
+git checkout VER-2-13-0
 mkdir build
 cd ..
 
@@ -82,10 +86,23 @@ if [ ! -d libgit2 ]; then
 fi
 
 cd libgit2
-git checkout v1.6.3
+git checkout v1.6.4
 mkdir build
 cd ..
 
+echo -e "\nSetting up Poppler"
+rm -rf poppler*
+
+curl -JO https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/package_files/83268133/download
+unzip Poppler_Windows_MinGW_23.06.0-1.zip
+
+if [ ! -d poppler ]; then
+  echo "Poppler directory is missing, aborting."
+  exit
+fi
+
+cp -p poppler/Library/bin/*.dll ../es-pdf-converter
+
 echo -e "\nSetting up pugixml"
 rm -rf pugixml
 
@@ -97,11 +114,11 @@ if [ ! -d pugixml ]; then
 fi
 
 cd pugixml
-git checkout v1.12.1
+git checkout v1.13
 cd ..
 
 echo -e "\nSetting up SDL"
-rm -rf SDL2-*
+rm -rf SDL2*
 
 curl -O https://libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.26.5-mingw.tar.gz
 
@@ -114,12 +131,14 @@ if [ ! -d SDL2-2.26.5 ]; then
   exit
 fi
 
-mv SDL2-2.26.5/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/SDL2 SDL2-2.26.5/
-cp -p SDL2-2.26.5/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libSDL2main.a ..
-cp -p SDL2-2.26.5/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/SDL2.dll ..
+mv SDL2-2.26.5 SDL2
+
+mv SDL2/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/SDL2 SDL2/
+cp -p SDL2/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libSDL2main.a ..
+cp -p SDL2/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/SDL2.dll ..
 
 echo -e "\nSetting up FFmpeg"
-rm -rf ffmpeg-*
+rm -rf ffmpeg*
 
 # This package should be available for download for two years.
 curl -LO https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/download/autobuild-2022-09-30-12-41/ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1.zip
@@ -130,13 +149,15 @@ if [ ! -d ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1 ]; then
   exit
 fi
 
-cp -p ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1/bin/avcodec-59.dll ..
-cp -p ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1/bin/avfilter-8.dll ..
-cp -p ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1/bin/avformat-59.dll ..
-cp -p ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1/bin/avutil-57.dll ..
-cp -p ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1/bin/postproc-56.dll ..
-cp -p ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1/bin/swresample-4.dll ..
-cp -p ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1/bin/swscale-6.dll ..
+mv ffmpeg-n5.1.2-1-g05d6157aab-win64-gpl-shared-5.1 ffmpeg
+
+cp -p ffmpeg/bin/avcodec-59.dll ..
+cp -p ffmpeg/bin/avfilter-8.dll ..
+cp -p ffmpeg/bin/avformat-59.dll ..
+cp -p ffmpeg/bin/avutil-57.dll ..
+cp -p ffmpeg/bin/postproc-56.dll ..
+cp -p ffmpeg/bin/swresample-4.dll ..
+cp -p ffmpeg/bin/swscale-6.dll ..
 
 echo -e "\nSetting up OpenSSL"