diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9d341402..3a905458 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
  * po/POTFILES.skip:
    Add doc/stash-example.c to fix 'make distcheck'.
+ * geany.nsi:
+   Change the RequestExecutionLevel for the Windows installer to
+   'highest'.
  * New release: Geany 0.19 "Vellam".
 
 
diff --git a/geany.nsi b/geany.nsi
index 36f7497c..022efa66 100644
--- a/geany.nsi
+++ b/geany.nsi
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 ; Do a Cyclic Redundancy Check to make sure the installer was not corrupted by the download
 CRCCheck force
-RequestExecutionLevel user ; set execution level for Windows Vista
+RequestExecutionLevel highest ; set execution level for Windows Vista
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ; helper defines  ;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ VIAddVersionKey "ProductVersion" "${PRODUCT_VERSION}"
 VIAddVersionKey "LegalCopyright" "Copyright 2005-2010 by the Geany developer team"
 VIAddVersionKey "FileDescription" "${PRODUCT_NAME} Installer"
 
-BrandingText "$(^NAME) installer (NSIS 2.45)"
+BrandingText "$(^NAME) installer (NSIS 2.46)"
 InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES\Geany"
 Name "${PRODUCT_NAME} ${PRODUCT_VERSION}"
 SetCompressor /SOLID lzma