diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/wininet/netconnection.c b/reactos/dll/win32/wininet/netconnection.c
index 43dc7aa0fd7..82c3e43d615 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/wininet/netconnection.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/wininet/netconnection.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static BOOL WINAPI winsock_startup(INIT_ONCE *once, void *param, void **context)
     WSADATA wsa_data;
     DWORD res;
 
-    res = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(1,1), &wsa_data);
+    res = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsa_data);
     if(res == ERROR_SUCCESS)
         winsock_loaded = TRUE;
     else