diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
index f1731f9c8f..2d925afa63 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
@@ -1023,6 +1023,7 @@ $_new_bundled_files = array(
  * @global string[]           $_old_requests_files
  * @global string[]           $_new_bundled_files
  * @global wpdb               $wpdb                   WordPress database abstraction object.
+ * @global string             $wp_version             The WordPress version string.
  *
  * @param string $from New release unzipped path.
  * @param string $to   Path to old WordPress installation.
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 3d3ea79cd6..41bab5b442 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.9-alpha-60264';
+$wp_version = '6.9-alpha-60265';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.