diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index d170728e01..e618536f41 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -762,8 +762,8 @@ function wp_replace_in_html_tags( $haystack, $replace_pairs ) {
 	// Optimize when searching for one item.
 	if ( 1 === count( $replace_pairs ) ) {
 		// Extract $needle and $replace.
-		foreach ( $replace_pairs as $needle => $replace ) {
-		}
+		$needle  = array_key_first( $replace_pairs );
+		$replace = $replace_pairs[ $needle ];
 
 		// Loop through delimiters (elements) only.
 		for ( $i = 1, $c = count( $textarr ); $i < $c; $i += 2 ) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 37721756aa..569c4accaa 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.7-alpha-58888';
+$wp_version = '6.7-alpha-58889';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.