diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-block.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-block.php
index e2b75f6643..732e0e3470 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-block.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-block.php
@@ -490,8 +490,8 @@ class WP_Block {
 				}
 
 				$this->set_bookmark( '_wp_block_bindings_tag_closer' );
-				$tag_closer  = $this->bookmarks['__wp_block_bindings_tag_closer'];
-				$end         = $tag_closer->start;
+				$tag_closer = $this->bookmarks['__wp_block_bindings_tag_closer'];
+				$end        = $tag_closer->start;
 				$this->release_bookmark( '_wp_block_bindings_tag_closer' );
 
 				$this->lexical_updates[] = new WP_HTML_Text_Replacement(
diff --git a/wp-includes/compat-utf8.php b/wp-includes/compat-utf8.php
index c0509fa727..e7b429477d 100644
--- a/wp-includes/compat-utf8.php
+++ b/wp-includes/compat-utf8.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function _wp_is_valid_utf8_fallback( string $bytes ): bool {
 		// Valid two-byte code points.
 
 		if ( $b1 >= 0xC2 && $b1 <= 0xDF && $b2 >= 0x80 && $b2 <= 0xBF ) {
-			$i++;
+			++$i;
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 4fa91414ca..e84b8758d3 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.9-alpha-60763';
+$wp_version = '6.9-alpha-60764';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.