diff --git a/wp-admin/async-upload.php b/wp-admin/async-upload.php
index 683fd83248..2ac2f20e76 100644
--- a/wp-admin/async-upload.php
+++ b/wp-admin/async-upload.php
@@ -112,10 +112,12 @@ if ( isset( $_REQUEST['post_id'] ) ) {
 
 $id = media_handle_upload( 'async-upload', $post_id );
 if ( is_wp_error( $id ) ) {
-	$message = sprintf(
+	$button_unique_id = uniqid( 'dismiss-' );
+	$message          = sprintf(
 		'%s <strong>%s</strong><br />%s',
 		sprintf(
-			'<button type="button" class="dismiss button-link" onclick="jQuery(this).parents(\'div.media-item\').slideUp(200, function(){jQuery(this).remove();});">%s</button>',
+			'<button type="button" id="%s" class="dismiss button-link">%s</button>',
+			esc_attr( $button_unique_id ),
 			__( 'Dismiss' )
 		),
 		sprintf(
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ if ( is_wp_error( $id ) ) {
 			'paragraph_wrap'     => false,
 		)
 	);
+	echo "<script>jQuery( 'button#{$button_unique_id}' ).on( 'click', function() {jQuery(this).parents('div.media-item').slideUp(200, function(){jQuery(this).remove();})});</script>\n";
 	exit;
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index e2cbbc9cb5..1627915c12 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.8-beta2-59985';
+$wp_version = '6.8-beta2-59986';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.