diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index 0bce4381cca..d6412e169b4 100755
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ def _syscmd_ver(system='', release='', version='',
     for cmd in ('ver', 'command /c ver', 'cmd /c ver'):
         try:
             info = subprocess.check_output(cmd,
+                                           stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                                            stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                                            text=True,
                                            shell=True)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2021-07-13-15-32-49.bpo-44572.gXvhDc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2021-07-13-15-32-49.bpo-44572.gXvhDc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e074c59b84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2021-07-13-15-32-49.bpo-44572.gXvhDc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Avoid consuming standard input in the :mod:`platform` module
\ No newline at end of file