diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55803861b3abaadd65d23d69e24a8464d4681ca6..2a8a58bcb67edb329db5c1c621c1abafc66901dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Some of my enhancements are:
 
 ### Packer Version
 
-[Packer](https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) `0.10.0` or greater is required.
+[Packer](https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) `0.12.2` or greater is required.
 
 ### Windows Versions
 
diff --git a/hyperv/scripts/install-packer.ps1 b/hyperv/scripts/install-packer.ps1
index 77f596c18951e035af157fc1e2a95ceb966f6a2b..32b44a7d17cd603b8f839036cb2a328401225b59 100644
--- a/hyperv/scripts/install-packer.ps1
+++ b/hyperv/scripts/install-packer.ps1
@@ -1 +1 @@
-choco install -y packer -version 0.12.1
+choco install -y packer