diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index 5696852f52..fcb60e6eb3 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ function do_robots() {
 	do_action( 'do_robotstxt' );
 
 	$output = "User-agent: *\n";
-	$public = get_option( 'blog_public' );
+	$public = (bool) get_option( 'blog_public' );
 
 	$site_url = parse_url( site_url() );
 	$path     = ( ! empty( $site_url['path'] ) ) ? $site_url['path'] : '';
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 20fa1e7970..8ae85f16d0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.8-beta1-59945';
+$wp_version = '6.8-beta1-59946';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.