diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-http-ixr-client.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-http-ixr-client.php
index f8b0b144f8..d4f7936cca 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-http-ixr-client.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-http-ixr-client.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class WP_HTTP_IXR_Client extends IXR_Client {
 			echo '<pre class="ixr_request">' . htmlspecialchars( $xml ) . "\n</pre>\n\n";
 		}
 
-		$response = wp_remote_post( $url, $args );
+		$response = wp_safe_remote_post( $url, $args );
 
 		if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
 			$errno       = $response->get_error_code();
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 3db6bfdeb1..83abed4505 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '7.0-beta3-61878';
+$wp_version = '7.0-beta3-61879';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.