diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/utility/juce_PluginUtilities.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/utility/juce_PluginUtilities.cpp
index eb2b72602e..f6b4b2689d 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/utility/juce_PluginUtilities.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_plugin_client/utility/juce_PluginUtilities.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace juce
       const auto juce_strcat  = [] (auto&& head, auto&&... tail) { strcat_s  (head, numElementsInArray (head), tail...); };
       const auto juce_sscanf  = [] (auto&&... args)              { sscanf_s  (args...); };
      #else
-      const auto juce_sprintf = [] (auto&&... args)              { sprintf   (args...); };
+      const auto juce_sprintf = [] (auto&& head, auto&&... tail) { snprintf  (head, (size_t) numElementsInArray (head), tail...); };
       const auto juce_strcpy  = [] (auto&&... args)              { strcpy    (args...); };
       const auto juce_strcat  = [] (auto&&... args)              { strcat    (args...); };
       const auto juce_sscanf  = [] (auto&&... args)              { sscanf    (args...); };