diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 375c7c7..947865f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [20230407]
+    - Fixes memory leak from PROPVARIANT, refs #72 (@KillerBOSS2019)
+
 ## [20230322]
     - CI and testing improvements
     - Improve audioclient, audiopolicy and mmdeviceapi support, refs #70 (@dot-Eagle96)
diff --git a/pycaw/api/mmdeviceapi/depend/structures.py b/pycaw/api/mmdeviceapi/depend/structures.py
index b5410ab..afc8c54 100644
--- a/pycaw/api/mmdeviceapi/depend/structures.py
+++ b/pycaw/api/mmdeviceapi/depend/structures.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from ctypes import Structure, Union
+from ctypes import Structure, Union, byref, windll
 from ctypes.wintypes import DWORD, LONG, LPWSTR, ULARGE_INTEGER, VARIANT_BOOL, WORD
 
 from comtypes import GUID
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ def GetValue(self):
         else:
             return "%s:?" % (vt)
 
+    def clear(self):
+        windll.ole32.PropVariantClear(byref(self))
+
 
 class PROPERTYKEY(Structure):
     _fields_ = [
diff --git a/pycaw/utils.py b/pycaw/utils.py
index 4e9de13..192f82e 100644
--- a/pycaw/utils.py
+++ b/pycaw/utils.py
@@ -244,8 +244,7 @@ def CreateDevice(dev):
                         "from device %r: %r" % (j, dev, exc)
                     )
                     continue
-                # TODO
-                # PropVariantClear(byref(value))
+                value.clear()
                 name = str(pk)
                 properties[name] = v
         audioState = AudioDeviceState(state)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f7b36d6..b300801 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def read(fname):
 install_requires = ["comtypes", "psutil"]
 setup(
     name="pycaw",
-    version="20230322",
+    version="20230407",
     description="Python Core Audio Windows Library",
     long_description=read("README.md"),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",