diff --git a/Lib/locale.py b/Lib/locale.py
index d8c09f1123d318..6dbf6c42907164 100644
--- a/Lib/locale.py
+++ b/Lib/locale.py
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ def getpreferredencoding(do_setlocale=True):
     0x0411: "ja_JP", # Japanese
     0x044b: "kn_IN", # Kannada - India
     0x043f: "kk_KZ", # Kazakh
-    0x0453: "kh_KH", # Khmer - Cambodia
+    0x0453: "km_KH", # Khmer - Cambodia
     0x0486: "qut_GT",# K'iche - Guatemala
     0x0487: "rw_RW", # Kinyarwanda - Rwanda
     0x0457: "kok_IN",# Konkani
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-09-09-15-34-09.gh-issue-123853.WTnzNs.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-09-09-15-34-09.gh-issue-123853.WTnzNs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5ca6b532235679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-09-09-15-34-09.gh-issue-123853.WTnzNs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+I updated the :mod:`locale` module, Switching the cambodian
+language label from ``kh_KH`` to ``km_KH``