diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-network-query.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-network-query.php
index 429143976c..ffdb956ad6 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-network-query.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-network-query.php
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ class WP_Network_Query {
 		// $args can include anything. Only use the args defined in the query_var_defaults to compute the key.
 		$_args = wp_array_slice_assoc( $this->query_vars, array_keys( $this->query_var_defaults ) );
 
-		// Ignore the $fields argument as the queried result will be the same regardless.
-		unset( $_args['fields'] );
+		// Ignore the $fields, $update_network_cache arguments as the queried result will be the same regardless.
+		unset( $_args['fields'], $_args['update_network_cache'] );
 
 		$key          = md5( serialize( $_args ) );
 		$last_changed = wp_cache_get_last_changed( 'networks' );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 0df909c400..09f9a0a80f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.0-alpha-53097';
+$wp_version = '6.0-alpha-53098';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.