diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_extra/native/juce_WebBrowserComponent_windows.cpp b/modules/juce_gui_extra/native/juce_WebBrowserComponent_windows.cpp
index 5406ea40bad..53cbcabf707 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_extra/native/juce_WebBrowserComponent_windows.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_extra/native/juce_WebBrowserComponent_windows.cpp
@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ class WebBrowserComponent::Impl::Platform::WebView2 final : public WebBrowserCom
                                                          args->TryGetWebMessageAsString (std::addressof (message)) == S_OK)
                                                      {
                                                          owner.impl->handleNativeEvent (JSON::fromString (StringRef { CharPointer_UTF16 (message) }));
+                                                         CoTaskMemFree(message);
                                                      }
 
                                                      return S_OK;