diff --git a/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php b/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php
index b85c020b0f..0eedb0396b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php
+++ b/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ class WP_REST_Server {
 			$single_request = new WP_REST_Request( isset( $args['method'] ) ? $args['method'] : 'POST', $parsed_url['path'] );
 
 			if ( ! empty( $parsed_url['query'] ) ) {
-				$query_args = null; // Satisfy linter.
+				$query_args = array();
 				wp_parse_str( $parsed_url['query'], $query_args );
 				$single_request->set_query_params( $query_args );
 			}
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 63a06154b1..d806d128ac 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.7-alpha-58687';
+$wp_version = '6.7-alpha-58688';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.