Women's hockey rosters for the 2030 Olympics in the French Alps are expected to expand from featuring 23 players to 25.
The change was quietly included in the event program released by organizers earlier this week.
Men's hockey has had 25-player rosters for each of the past four Olympics going back to Sochi in 2014.
It is being billed as the first Winter Games with gender balance, with 1,525 women and 1,521 men making up the 3,046 athletes across 126 events. That includes 300 men to 250 women in hockey, the difference being because there are 10 teams in the women's tournament, compared to 12 on the men's side.
Women's hockey, which debuted at the Olympics in Nagano in 1998, is experiencing a time of growth. The PWHL is expanding to 12 teams for its fourth season after being at eight in its third and six during its first two.
Olympic hockey in four years is set to take place in Lyon, after far-right new Nice mayor Eric Ciotti opposed the plan in place for his city to turn its soccer stadium into temporary rinks. Organizers said curling, short-track speed skating, and figure skating will also make up the Lyon cluster.
The U.S. defeated Canada to win gold in February on Megan Keller's goal during overtime in Milan.
America has won gold in women's hockey three times, in 1998, 2018 and '26, and Canada five times, '02, '06, '10, '14 and '22.
