diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2026-10-15-18-45-00.gh-issue-159118.wmiMTA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2026-10-15-18-45-00.gh-issue-159118.wmiMTA.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..561a5005b75975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2026-10-15-18-45-00.gh-issue-159118.wmiMTA.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a crash (``RPC_NT_INTERNAL_ERROR``) and intermittent window class failures in :mod:`!_wmi` under high concurrency and load by initializing COM as multi-threaded (MTA) instead of apartment-threaded (STA).
diff --git a/PC/_wmimodule.cpp b/PC/_wmimodule.cpp
index b9a229b1398ec8..a546313529fd1b 100644
--- a/PC/_wmimodule.cpp
+++ b/PC/_wmimodule.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ _query_thread(LPVOID param)
     }
 
     if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
-        hr = CoInitializeEx(nullptr, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
+        hr = CoInitializeEx(nullptr, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
     }
 
     if (FAILED(hr)) {