diff --git a/.github/scripts/requirements.txt b/.github/scripts/requirements.txt
index 653c9b5a94..540cbe7c09 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/requirements.txt
+++ b/.github/scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
 
 cmakelang==0.6.13
-codespell==2.4.1
+codespell==2.4.2
 pytype==2024.10.11
 reuse==6.2.0
 ruff==0.15.2
diff --git a/tests/server/sockfilt.c b/tests/server/sockfilt.c
index 42a4ad1079..df102c50e6 100644
--- a/tests/server/sockfilt.c
+++ b/tests/server/sockfilt.c
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ static HANDLE select_ws_wait(HANDLE handle, HANDLE signal, HANDLE abort)
 
 struct select_ws_data {
   int fd;                /* provided file descriptor  (indexed by nfd) */
-  long wsastate;         /* internal pre-select state (indexed by nfd) */
+  long wsastate;         /* internal preselect state  (indexed by nfd) */
   curl_socket_t wsasock; /* internal socket handle    (indexed by nws) */
   WSAEVENT wsaevent;     /* internal select event     (indexed by nws) */
   HANDLE signal;         /* internal thread signal    (indexed by nth) */