diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bfe56b2e5..bb5eb0741 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "packaging>=21.0",
     "importlib-metadata>=4.8; python_version < '3.10'",
     "tomli>=2; python_version < '3.11'",
-    "colorama>=0.4.5; sys_platform == 'win32'",
+    "colorama>=0.4.6; sys_platform == 'win32'",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
diff --git a/sphinx/util/console.py b/sphinx/util/console.py
index 42570567b..ff37ea8f8 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/console.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/console.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def color_terminal() -> bool:
     if 'NO_COLOR' in os.environ:
         return False
     if sys.platform == 'win32' and colorama is not None:
-        colorama.init()
+        colorama.just_fix_windows_console()
         return True
     if 'FORCE_COLOR' in os.environ:
         return True