diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 2411758b..bb00b313 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,16 @@ install:
   - perl --version
   - ruby --version
   - gem --version
-
+  # Update keyring according to https://www.msys2.org/news/#2020-06-29-new-packagers
+  - C:\msys64\usr\bin\curl -O http://repo.msys2.org/msys/x86_64/msys2-keyring-r21.b39fb11-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
+  - C:\msys64\usr\bin\curl -O http://repo.msys2.org/msys/x86_64/msys2-keyring-r21.b39fb11-1-any.pkg.tar.xz.sig
+  - ridk exec bash -c "pacman-key --verify msys2-keyring-r21.b39fb11-1-any.pkg.tar.xz.sig"
+  - ridk exec bash -c "pacman -U --noconfirm --config <(echo) msys2-keyring-r21.b39fb11-1-any.pkg.tar.xz"
+  # update packages
+  - C:\msys64\usr\bin\pacman --noconfirm --ask 20 --sync --refresh --refresh --sysupgrade --sysupgrade
+  # Kill all running msys2 binaries to avoid error "size of shared memory region changed".
+  # See https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/issues/258
+  - powershell -Command "Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.path -like 'C:\msys64*'} | Stop-Process"
   # prevent freetds to link to wrong ws2_32 lib on i686-w64-mingw32
   - c:/msys64/usr/bin/rm /usr/lib/w32api/libws2_32.a
   # Set up project prerequisits