diff --git a/tty_windows.go b/tty_windows.go
index 6c1d2ba2..0b82bf52 100644
--- a/tty_windows.go
+++ b/tty_windows.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package main
 
 import "golang.org/x/sys/windows"
 
-const defaultShell = pwsh
+const defaultShell = powershell
 
 func defaultShellWithArgs() []string {
 	major, _, _ := windows.RtlGetNtVersionNumbers()