diff --git a/include/usvfs_version.h b/include/usvfs_version.h
index 12e91f07..4074a31e 100644
--- a/include/usvfs_version.h
+++ b/include/usvfs_version.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #define USVFS_VERSION_MAJOR 0
 #define USVFS_VERSION_MINOR 4
 #define USVFS_VERSION_BUILD 4
-#define USVFS_VERSION_REVISION 6
+#define USVFS_VERSION_REVISION 7
 
 #define USVFS_BUILD_STRING ""
 #define USVFS_BUILD_WSTRING L""
diff --git a/src/usvfs_dll/hooks/kernel32.cpp b/src/usvfs_dll/hooks/kernel32.cpp
index 05e445aa..d6de7033 100644
--- a/src/usvfs_dll/hooks/kernel32.cpp
+++ b/src/usvfs_dll/hooks/kernel32.cpp
@@ -1292,6 +1292,17 @@ HANDLE WINAPI usvfs::hook_FindFirstFileExW(LPCWSTR lpFileName, FINDEX_INFO_LEVEL
     return res;
   }
 
+  // FindFirstFileEx() must fail early if the path ends with a slash
+  if (lpFileName) {
+    const auto len = wcslen(lpFileName);
+    if (len > 0) {
+      if (lpFileName[len - 1] == L'\\' || lpFileName[len - 1] == L'/') {
+        spdlog::get("usvfs")->warn("hook_FindFirstFileExW(): path '{}' ends with slash, always fails", fs::path(lpFileName).string());
+        return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   fs::path finalPath;
   RerouteW reroute;
   fs::path originalPath;
diff --git a/vsbuild/external_dependencies.props b/vsbuild/external_dependencies.props
index cc7be094..d39cec3e 100644
--- a/vsbuild/external_dependencies.props
+++ b/vsbuild/external_dependencies.props
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <Import Project="external_dependencies_local.props" Condition="Exists('external_dependencies_local.props')"/>
   </ImportGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros">
-    <BOOST_PATH Condition="'$(BOOST_PATH)'==''">..\..\boost_1_71_0</BOOST_PATH>
+    <BOOST_PATH Condition="'$(BOOST_PATH)'==''">..\..\boost_1_72_0</BOOST_PATH>
     <BOOST_PATH Condition="'$(BOOST_PATH)'!=''">$(BOOST_PATH)</BOOST_PATH>
     <GTEST_PATH Condition="'$(GTEST_PATH)'==''">..\..\googletest</GTEST_PATH>
   </PropertyGroup>