diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1040dedd0d..09b9aaf7ee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ A brief description of the categories of changes:
   version dependency select statements when the `experimental_target_platforms`
   includes the Python ABI. The default python version case within the select is
   also now handled correctly, stabilizing the implementation.
+* (gazelle) Fix Gazelle failing on Windows with
+  "panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference"
 
 ### Added
 * (rules) Precompiling Python source at build time is available. but is
diff --git a/gazelle/pythonconfig/pythonconfig.go b/gazelle/pythonconfig/pythonconfig.go
index 726b145aaf..aa9255290c 100644
--- a/gazelle/pythonconfig/pythonconfig.go
+++ b/gazelle/pythonconfig/pythonconfig.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package pythonconfig
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"path/filepath"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/emirpasic/gods/lists/singlylinkedlist"
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ type Configs map[string]*Config
 
 // ParentForPackage returns the parent Config for the given Bazel package.
 func (c *Configs) ParentForPackage(pkg string) *Config {
-	dir := filepath.Dir(pkg)
+	dir := path.Dir(pkg)
 	if dir == "." {
 		dir = ""
 	}