diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/win_chocolatey.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/win_chocolatey.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65677f83333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/win_chocolatey.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- win_chocolatey - Fix hang when used with proxy for the first time - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/47669
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_chocolatey.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_chocolatey.ps1
index 68174967e09..234447cfa91 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_chocolatey.ps1
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_chocolatey.ps1
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ Function Install-Chocolatey {
         if ($proxy_url) {
             # the env values are used in the install.ps1 script when getting
             # external dependencies
+            $environment = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariables()
             $environment.chocolateyProxyLocation = $proxy_url
             $web_proxy = New-Object -TypeName System.Net.WebProxy -ArgumentList $proxy_url, $true
             $client.Proxy = $web_proxy