diff --git a/etc/config/c++.defaults.properties b/etc/config/c++.defaults.properties
index 3f7caf89e..cb85f017a 100644
--- a/etc/config/c++.defaults.properties
+++ b/etc/config/c++.defaults.properties
@@ -1,56 +1,37 @@
 # Default settings for C++
 compilers=&gcc:&clang
 
-group.gcc.compilers=g44:g45:g46:g47:g48:g5:g6x:g7:g8:g9:g10:g11:gdefault
+group.gcc.compilers=g10:g11:g12:gdefault
 group.gcc.compilerCategories=gcc
-compiler.g44.exe=/usr/bin/g++-4.4
-compiler.g44.name=g++ 4.4
-compiler.g45.exe=/usr/bin/g++-4.5
-compiler.g45.name=g++ 4.5
-compiler.g46.exe=/usr/bin/g++-4.6
-compiler.g46.name=g++ 4.6
-compiler.g47.exe=/usr/bin/g++-4.7
-compiler.g47.name=g++ 4.7
-compiler.g48.exe=/usr/bin/g++-4.8
-compiler.g48.name=g++ 4.8
-compiler.g5.exe=/usr/bin/g++-5
-compiler.g5.name=g++ 5.x
-compiler.g6x.exe=/usr/bin/g++-6
-compiler.g6x.name=g++ 6.x
-compiler.g6x.alias=g6
-compiler.g7.exe=/usr/bin/g++-7
-compiler.g7.name=g++ 7.x
-compiler.g8.exe=/usr/bin/g++-8
-compiler.g8.name=g++ 8.x
-compiler.g9.exe=/usr/bin/g++-9
-compiler.g9.name=g++ 9.x
 compiler.g10.exe=/usr/bin/g++-10
 compiler.g10.name=g++ 10.x
 compiler.g11.exe=/usr/bin/g++-11
 compiler.g11.name=g++ 11.x
+compiler.g12.exe=/usr/bin/g++-12
+compiler.g12.name=g++ 12.x
 compiler.gdefault.exe=/usr/bin/g++
 compiler.gdefault.name=g++ default
 
-group.clang.compilers=clang7:clang8:clang9:clang10:clang11:clang12:clangdefault
+group.clang.compilers=clang13:clang14:clang15:clang16:clang17:clang18:clangdefault
 group.clang.intelAsm=-mllvm --x86-asm-syntax=intel
 group.clang.compilerType=clang
 group.clang.compilerCategories=clang
-compiler.clang7.exe=/usr/bin/clang++-7
-compiler.clang7.name=clang 7
-compiler.clang8.exe=/usr/bin/clang++-8
-compiler.clang8.name=clang 8
-compiler.clang9.exe=/usr/bin/clang++-9
-compiler.clang9.name=clang 9
-compiler.clang10.exe=/usr/bin/clang++-10
-compiler.clang10.name=clang 10
-compiler.clang11.exe=/usr/bin/clang++-11
-compiler.clang11.name=clang 11
-compiler.clang12.exe=/usr/bin/clang++-12
-compiler.clang12.name=clang 12
+compiler.clang13.exe=/usr/bin/clang++-13
+compiler.clang13.name=clang 13
+compiler.clang14.exe=/usr/bin/clang++-14
+compiler.clang14.name=clang 14
+compiler.clang15.exe=/usr/bin/clang++-15
+compiler.clang15.name=clang 15
+compiler.clang16.exe=/usr/bin/clang++-16
+compiler.clang16.name=clang 16
+compiler.clang17.exe=/usr/bin/clang++-17
+compiler.clang17.name=clang 17
+compiler.clang18.exe=/usr/bin/clang++-18
+compiler.clang18.name=clang 18
 compiler.clangdefault.exe=/usr/bin/clang++
 compiler.clangdefault.name=clang default
 
-tools=clangquerydefault:clangtidydefault:clangquery7:clangquery8:clangquery9:clangquery10:clangquery11:clangquery12:strings:ldd:readelf:nm:llvmdwarfdumpdefault
+tools=clangquerydefault:clangtidydefault:clangquery13:clangquery14:clangquery15:clangquery16:clangquery17:clangquery18:strings:ldd:readelf:nm:llvmdwarfdumpdefault
 
 tools.clangquerydefault.exe=/usr/bin/clang-query
 tools.clangquerydefault.name=clang-query (default)
@@ -65,41 +46,41 @@ tools.clangtidydefault.type=independent
 tools.clangtidydefault.class=clang-tidy-tool
 tools.clangtidydefault.stdinHint=disabled
 
-tools.clangquery7.exe=/usr/bin/clang-query-7
-tools.clangquery7.name=clang-query 7
-tools.clangquery7.type=independent
-tools.clangquery7.class=clang-query-tool
-tools.clangquery7.stdinHint=Query commands
+tools.clangquery13.exe=/usr/bin/clang-query-13
+tools.clangquery13.name=clang-query 13
+tools.clangquery13.type=independent
+tools.clangquery13.class=clang-query-tool
+tools.clangquery13.stdinHint=Query commands
 
-tools.clangquery8.exe=/usr/bin/clang-query-8
-tools.clangquery8.name=clang-query 8
-tools.clangquery8.type=independent
-tools.clangquery8.class=clang-query-tool
-tools.clangquery8.stdinHint=Query commands
+tools.clangquery14.exe=/usr/bin/clang-query-14
+tools.clangquery14.name=clang-query 14
+tools.clangquery14.type=independent
+tools.clangquery14.class=clang-query-tool
+tools.clangquery14.stdinHint=Query commands
 
-tools.clangquery9.exe=/usr/bin/clang-query-9
-tools.clangquery9.name=clang-query 9
-tools.clangquery9.type=independent
-tools.clangquery9.class=clang-query-tool
-tools.clangquery9.stdinHint=Query commands
+tools.clangquery15.exe=/usr/bin/clang-query-15
+tools.clangquery15.name=clang-query 15
+tools.clangquery15.type=independent
+tools.clangquery15.class=clang-query-tool
+tools.clangquery15.stdinHint=Query commands
 
-tools.clangquery10.exe=/usr/bin/clang-query-10
-tools.clangquery10.name=clang-query 10
-tools.clangquery10.type=independent
-tools.clangquery10.class=clang-query-tool
-tools.clangquery10.stdinHint=Query commands
+tools.clangquery16.exe=/usr/bin/clang-query-16
+tools.clangquery16.name=clang-query 16
+tools.clangquery16.type=independent
+tools.clangquery16.class=clang-query-tool
+tools.clangquery16.stdinHint=Query commands
 
-tools.clangquery11.exe=/usr/bin/clang-query-11
-tools.clangquery11.name=clang-query 11
-tools.clangquery11.type=independent
-tools.clangquery11.class=clang-query-tool
-tools.clangquery11.stdinHint=Query commands
+tools.clangquery17.exe=/usr/bin/clang-query-17
+tools.clangquery17.name=clang-query 17
+tools.clangquery17.type=independent
+tools.clangquery17.class=clang-query-tool
+tools.clangquery17.stdinHint=Query commands
 
-tools.clangquery12.exe=/usr/bin/clang-query-12
-tools.clangquery12.name=clang-query 12
-tools.clangquery12.type=independent
-tools.clangquery12.class=clang-query-tool
-tools.clangquery12.stdinHint=Query commands
+tools.clangquery18.exe=/usr/bin/clang-query-18
+tools.clangquery18.name=clang-query 18
+tools.clangquery18.type=independent
+tools.clangquery18.class=clang-query-tool
+tools.clangquery18.stdinHint=Query commands
 
 tools.ldd.name=ldd
 tools.ldd.exe=/usr/bin/ldd
diff --git a/lib/compilers/d8.ts b/lib/compilers/d8.ts
index 21d17ac4d..7d482ef18 100644
--- a/lib/compilers/d8.ts
+++ b/lib/compilers/d8.ts
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ export class D8Compiler extends BaseCompiler implements SimpleOutputFilenameComp
     }
 
     override async getVersion() {
+        logger.info(`Gathering ${this.compiler.id} version information on ${this.compiler.exe}...`);
         const versionFile = path.join(path.dirname(this.compiler.exe), 'r8-version.properties');
         const versionInfo = await utils.tryReadTextFile(versionFile);
         const versionCode = (() => {
diff --git a/lib/compilers/dex2oat.ts b/lib/compilers/dex2oat.ts
index 7d7973e06..d87e5447c 100644
--- a/lib/compilers/dex2oat.ts
+++ b/lib/compilers/dex2oat.ts
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ import type {ParseFiltersAndOutputOptions} from '../../types/features/filters.in
 import type {SelectedLibraryVersion} from '../../types/libraries/libraries.interfaces.js';
 import {BaseCompiler} from '../base-compiler.js';
 import {CompilationEnvironment} from '../compilation-env.js';
+import {logger} from '../logger.js';
 import {Dex2OatPassDumpParser} from '../parsers/dex2oat-pass-dump-parser.js';
 import * as utils from '../utils.js';
-
 import {D8Compiler} from './d8.js';
 
 const BOOTCLASSPATH_JARS = [
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ export class Dex2OatCompiler extends BaseCompiler {
     // dex2oat doesn't have --version, but artArtifactDir contains a file with
     // the build number.
     override async getVersion() {
+        logger.info(`Gathering ${this.compiler.id} version information on ${this.compiler.exe}...`);
         const versionFile = this.artArtifactDir + '/snapshot-creation-build-number.txt';
         const version = await fs.readFile(versionFile, {encoding: 'utf8'});
         return {
diff --git a/lib/compilers/win32-vc.ts b/lib/compilers/win32-vc.ts
index 2ce3c475b..440f3c0a9 100644
--- a/lib/compilers/win32-vc.ts
+++ b/lib/compilers/win32-vc.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 
 import type {PreliminaryCompilerInfo} from '../../types/compiler.interfaces.js';
 import {CompilationEnvironment} from '../compilation-env.js';
+import {logger} from '../logger.js';
 import {VcAsmParser} from '../parsers/asm-parser-vc.js';
-
 import {VCParser} from './argument-parsers.js';
 import {Win32Compiler} from './win32.js';
 
@@ -76,4 +76,25 @@ export class Win32VcCompiler extends Win32Compiler {
 
         return args;
     }
+
+    override async getVersion() {
+        logger.info(`Gathering ${this.compiler.id} version information on ${this.compiler.exe}...`);
+        if (this.compiler.explicitVersion) {
+            logger.debug(`${this.compiler.id} has forced version output: ${this.compiler.explicitVersion}`);
+            return {stdout: this.compiler.explicitVersion, stderr: '', code: 0};
+        }
+        const execOptions = this.getDefaultExecOptions();
+        const versionFlag = this.compiler.versionFlag || ['--version'];
+        execOptions.timeoutMs = 0; // No timeout for --version. A sort of workaround for slow EFS/NFS on the prod site
+        execOptions.ldPath = this.getSharedLibraryPathsAsLdLibraryPaths([]);
+
+        try {
+            const res = await this.execCompilerCached(this.compiler.exe, versionFlag, execOptions);
+            // For msvc version info is output to stderr. stdout contains a dump of switches.
+            return {stdout: res.stderr, stderr: '', code: res.code};
+        } catch (err) {
+            logger.error(`Unable to get version for compiler '${this.compiler.exe}' - ${err}`);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/compilers/wyrm.ts b/lib/compilers/wyrm.ts
index f29ba1309..7255b35b8 100644
--- a/lib/compilers/wyrm.ts
+++ b/lib/compilers/wyrm.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import type {ParseFiltersAndOutputOptions} from '../../types/features/filters.in
 import {unwrap} from '../assert.js';
 import {BaseCompiler} from '../base-compiler.js';
 import {CompilationEnvironment} from '../compilation-env.js';
+import {logger} from '../logger.js';
 
 export class WyrmCompiler extends BaseCompiler {
     static get key() {
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ export class WyrmCompiler extends BaseCompiler {
     }
 
     override async getVersion() {
+        logger.info(`Gathering ${this.compiler.id} version information on ${this.compiler.exe}...`);
         return {
             stdout: 'trunk',
             stderr: '',