diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index 2b01506f3d4ffa..a37575e5f012ae 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ def test():
     from ctypes import cdll
     if os.name == "nt":
         print(cdll.msvcrt)
-        print(cdll.load("msvcrt"))
+        print(cdll.LoadLibrary("msvcrt"))
         print(find_library("msvcrt"))
 
     if os.name == "posix":
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-09-19-11-40-12.gh-issue-157763.Kq3vBd.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-09-19-11-40-12.gh-issue-157763.Kq3vBd.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bfbabdde3b649a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-09-19-11-40-12.gh-issue-157763.Kq3vBd.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+``ctypes.util.test()`` now calls ``cdll.LoadLibrary()`` on Windows instead of
+the nonexistent ``cdll.load()``.