diff --git a/src/vt/collective/reduce/scoping/strong_types.h b/src/vt/collective/reduce/scoping/strong_types.h
index 0953f1683a..83fecc5f68 100644
--- a/src/vt/collective/reduce/scoping/strong_types.h
+++ b/src/vt/collective/reduce/scoping/strong_types.h
@@ -101,7 +101,13 @@ struct TagPair {
   }
 
   TagType first() const { return t1_; }
-  TagType second() const { return t2_; }
+  TagType second() const {
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wmaybe-uninitialized"
+    // ignore gcc-13 false positive
+    return t2_;
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+  }
 
 private:
   TagType t1_ = no_tag;