diff --git a/contrib/win32/openssh/paths.targets b/contrib/win32/openssh/paths.targets
index 69d8e167c..45cc63d01 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/openssh/paths.targets
+++ b/contrib/win32/openssh/paths.targets
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <OpenSSH-Bin-Path>$(SolutionDir)..\..\..\bin\</OpenSSH-Bin-Path>
     <OpenSSH-Lib-Path>$(SolutionDir)lib\</OpenSSH-Lib-Path>
     <LibreSSLVersion>3.7.2.0</LibreSSLVersion>
-    <ZLibVersion>1.2.13</ZLibVersion>
+    <ZLibVersion>1.3</ZLibVersion>
     <fido2Version>1.13.0</fido2Version>
     <!--libcbor version is not used in the build; it is needed for pipeline compliance tasks-->  
     <libcborVersion>0.10.1</libcborVersion> 
diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.c b/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.c
index ed9309d54..080714242 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.c
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.c
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ char * build_commandline_string(const char* cmd, char *const argv[], BOOLEAN pre
 * spawned child will run as as_user if its not NULL
 */
 static int
-spawn_child_internal(const char* cmd, char *const argv[], HANDLE in, HANDLE out, HANDLE err, unsigned long flags, HANDLE* as_user, BOOLEAN prepend_module_path)
+spawn_child_internal(const char* cmd, char *const argv[], HANDLE in, HANDLE out, HANDLE err, unsigned long flags, HANDLE as_user, BOOLEAN prepend_module_path)
 {
 	PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
 	STARTUPINFOW si;