diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-impl.h b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-impl.h
index 337d8094e8092..69415daa82025 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-impl.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-impl.h
@@ -518,11 +518,14 @@ void ggml_barrier(struct ggml_threadpool * tp);
 #elif defined(__GNUC__)
 // GCC/Clang on *nix
 # define GGML_WEAK_ALIAS(name, alias) GGML_DO_PRAGMA(weak name = alias) // NOLINT
-#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && defined (_WIN64)
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_WIN64)
 // MSVC
 // Note: C name mangling varies across different calling conventions
 // see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/decorated-names?view=msvc-170
 # define GGML_WEAK_ALIAS(name, alias) GGML_DO_PRAGMA(comment(linker, "/alternatename:" #name "=" #alias))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(WIN32)
+// ref: https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/pull/3239#issuecomment-2958224591
+# define GGML_WEAK_ALIAS(name, alias) GGML_DO_PRAGMA(comment(linker, "/alternatename:_" #name "=_" #alias))
 #else
 # error "Unsupported compiler for GGML_WEAK_ALIAS"
 #endif
diff --git a/scripts/sync-ggml.last b/scripts/sync-ggml.last
index 490115500d224..914fe47ff6a34 100644
--- a/scripts/sync-ggml.last
+++ b/scripts/sync-ggml.last
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a1761cd64ce4a75a9770a954a013422c7910db8b
+6a7d170c04789f6ebcf320ed03c1b16973f93bd7