diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 654acc8dc..ff2934bdb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 2.6.2
+
+Bugfixes:
+* Fix building for GCC in Windows (Windows)
+
 # 2.6.1
 
 Features:
diff --git a/src/detection/terminalshell/terminalshell_windows.c b/src/detection/terminalshell/terminalshell_windows.c
index 5317ac97f..2ea0f0c74 100644
--- a/src/detection/terminalshell/terminalshell_windows.c
+++ b/src/detection/terminalshell/terminalshell_windows.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ bool fftsGetShellVersion(FFstrbuf* exe, const char* exeName, FFstrbuf* version);
 
 static uint32_t getShellInfo(FFShellResult* result, uint32_t pid)
 {
-    uint32_t ppid;
+    uint32_t ppid = 0;
 
     while (pid != 0 && getProcessInfo(pid, &ppid, &result->processName, &result->exe, &result->exeName, &result->exePath, NULL))
     {