diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 4f28e74575..dd7d7861d1 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -2294,10 +2294,10 @@ function sanitize_title_with_dashes( $title, $raw_title = '', $context = 'displa
 	$title = strtolower( $title );
 
 	if ( 'save' === $context ) {
-		// Convert &nbsp, &ndash, and &mdash to hyphens.
-		$title = str_replace( array( '%c2%a0', '%e2%80%93', '%e2%80%94' ), '-', $title );
-		// Convert &nbsp, &ndash, and &mdash HTML entities to hyphens.
-		$title = str_replace( array( ' ', ' ', '–', '–', '—', '—' ), '-', $title );
+		// Convert &nbsp, non-breaking hyphen, &ndash, and &mdash to hyphens.
+		$title = str_replace( array( '%c2%a0', '%e2%80%91', '%e2%80%93', '%e2%80%94' ), '-', $title );
+		// Convert &nbsp, non-breaking hyphen, &ndash, and &mdash HTML entities to hyphens.
+		$title = str_replace( array( ' ', '‑', ' ', '–', '–', '—', '—' ), '-', $title );
 		// Convert forward slash to hyphen.
 		$title = str_replace( '/', '-', $title );
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index b15025734a..b780de778b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.9-beta1-61060';
+$wp_version = '6.9-beta1-61061';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.