diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php b/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php
index 5ba3276b3a..c3b1244f47 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ function wp_nav_menu_item_taxonomy_meta_box( $data_object, $box ) {
 	}
 
 	$num_pages = (int) ceil(
-		wp_count_terms(
+		(int) wp_count_terms(
 			array_merge(
 				$args,
 				array(
diff --git a/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-taxonomies.php b/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-taxonomies.php
index 5571ff4ed9..0c53e95a42 100644
--- a/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-taxonomies.php
+++ b/wp-includes/sitemaps/providers/class-wp-sitemaps-taxonomies.php
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class WP_Sitemaps_Taxonomies extends WP_Sitemaps_Provider {
 
 		$term_count = wp_count_terms( $this->get_taxonomies_query_args( $taxonomy ) );
 
-		return (int) ceil( $term_count / wp_sitemaps_get_max_urls( $this->object_type ) );
+		return (int) ceil( (int) $term_count / wp_sitemaps_get_max_urls( $this->object_type ) );
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index c2c56b1b4a..16505dc390 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.8-alpha-59461';
+$wp_version = '6.8-alpha-59462';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.