diff --git a/wp-includes/PHPMailer/Exception.php b/wp-includes/PHPMailer/Exception.php
index e7807fc2ca..a50a8991f7 100644
--- a/wp-includes/PHPMailer/Exception.php
+++ b/wp-includes/PHPMailer/Exception.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * PHPMailer Exception class.
  * PHP Version 5.5.
diff --git a/wp-includes/PHPMailer/PHPMailer.php b/wp-includes/PHPMailer/PHPMailer.php
index 7e9f834bc8..31646b2a84 100644
--- a/wp-includes/PHPMailer/PHPMailer.php
+++ b/wp-includes/PHPMailer/PHPMailer.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * PHPMailer - PHP email creation and transport class.
  * PHP Version 5.5.
@@ -388,11 +389,11 @@ class PHPMailer
      * SMTP class debug output mode.
      * Debug output level.
      * Options:
-     * * SMTP::DEBUG_OFF: No output
-     * * SMTP::DEBUG_CLIENT: Client messages
-     * * SMTP::DEBUG_SERVER: Client and server messages
-     * * SMTP::DEBUG_CONNECTION: As SERVER plus connection status
-     * * SMTP::DEBUG_LOWLEVEL: Noisy, low-level data output, rarely needed
+     * @see SMTP::DEBUG_OFF: No output
+     * @see SMTP::DEBUG_CLIENT: Client messages
+     * @see SMTP::DEBUG_SERVER: Client and server messages
+     * @see SMTP::DEBUG_CONNECTION: As SERVER plus connection status
+     * @see SMTP::DEBUG_LOWLEVEL: Noisy, low-level data output, rarely needed
      *
      * @see SMTP::$do_debug
      *
@@ -747,7 +748,7 @@ class PHPMailer
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '6.1.8';
+    const VERSION = '6.2.0';
 
     /**
      * Error severity: message only, continue processing.
@@ -1185,9 +1186,11 @@ class PHPMailer
             //Use this built-in parser if it's available
             $list = imap_rfc822_parse_adrlist($addrstr, '');
             foreach ($list as $address) {
-                if (('.SYNTAX-ERROR.' !== $address->host) && static::validateAddress(
-                    $address->mailbox . '@' . $address->host
-                )) {
+                if (
+                    ('.SYNTAX-ERROR.' !== $address->host) && static::validateAddress(
+                        $address->mailbox . '@' . $address->host
+                    )
+                ) {
                     $addresses[] = [
                         'name' => (property_exists($address, 'personal') ? $address->personal : ''),
                         'address' => $address->mailbox . '@' . $address->host,
@@ -1241,7 +1244,8 @@ class PHPMailer
         $name = trim(preg_replace('/[\r\n]+/', '', $name)); //Strip breaks and trim
         // Don't validate now addresses with IDN. Will be done in send().
         $pos = strrpos($address, '@');
-        if ((false === $pos)
+        if (
+            (false === $pos)
             || ((!$this->has8bitChars(substr($address, ++$pos)) || !static::idnSupported())
             && !static::validateAddress($address))
         ) {
@@ -1393,7 +1397,8 @@ class PHPMailer
     {
         // Verify we have required functions, CharSet, and at-sign.
         $pos = strrpos($address, '@');
-        if (!empty($this->CharSet) &&
+        if (
+            !empty($this->CharSet) &&
             false !== $pos &&
             static::idnSupported()
         ) {
@@ -1457,8 +1462,9 @@ class PHPMailer
      */
     public function preSend()
     {
-        if ('smtp' === $this->Mailer
-            || ('mail' === $this->Mailer && stripos(PHP_OS, 'WIN') === 0)
+        if (
+            'smtp' === $this->Mailer
+            || ('mail' === $this->Mailer && (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 80000 || stripos(PHP_OS, 'WIN') === 0))
         ) {
             //SMTP mandates RFC-compliant line endings
             //and it's also used with mail() on Windows
@@ -1468,7 +1474,8 @@ class PHPMailer
             static::setLE(PHP_EOL);
         }
         //Check for buggy PHP versions that add a header with an incorrect line break
-        if ('mail' === $this->Mailer
+        if (
+            'mail' === $this->Mailer
             && ((PHP_VERSION_ID >= 70000 && PHP_VERSION_ID < 70017)
                 || (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 70100 && PHP_VERSION_ID < 70103))
             && ini_get('mail.add_x_header') === '1'
@@ -1555,7 +1562,8 @@ class PHPMailer
             }
 
             // Sign with DKIM if enabled
-            if (!empty($this->DKIM_domain)
+            if (
+                !empty($this->DKIM_domain)
                 && !empty($this->DKIM_selector)
                 && (!empty($this->DKIM_private_string)
                     || (!empty($this->DKIM_private)
@@ -1613,7 +1621,7 @@ class PHPMailer
             }
         } catch (Exception $exc) {
             if ($this->Mailer === 'smtp' && $this->SMTPKeepAlive == true) {
-              $this->smtp->reset();
+                $this->smtp->reset();
             }
             $this->setError($exc->getMessage());
             $this->edebug($exc->getMessage());
@@ -1719,7 +1727,8 @@ class PHPMailer
     protected static function isShellSafe($string)
     {
         // Future-proof
-        if (escapeshellcmd($string) !== $string
+        if (
+            escapeshellcmd($string) !== $string
             || !in_array(escapeshellarg($string), ["'$string'", "\"$string\""])
         ) {
             return false;
@@ -1903,7 +1912,7 @@ class PHPMailer
                     $isSent = true;
                 }
 
-                $callbacks[] = ['issent'=>$isSent, 'to'=>$to[0]];
+                $callbacks[] = ['issent' => $isSent, 'to' => $to[0]];
             }
         }
 
@@ -1983,11 +1992,13 @@ class PHPMailer
 
         foreach ($hosts as $hostentry) {
             $hostinfo = [];
-            if (!preg_match(
-                '/^(?:(ssl|tls):\/\/)?(.+?)(?::(\d+))?$/',
-                trim($hostentry),
-                $hostinfo
-            )) {
+            if (
+                !preg_match(
+                    '/^(?:(ssl|tls):\/\/)?(.+?)(?::(\d+))?$/',
+                    trim($hostentry),
+                    $hostinfo
+                )
+            ) {
                 $this->edebug($this->lang('invalid_hostentry') . ' ' . trim($hostentry));
                 // Not a valid host entry
                 continue;
@@ -2056,12 +2067,14 @@ class PHPMailer
                         // We must resend EHLO after TLS negotiation
                         $this->smtp->hello($hello);
                     }
-                    if ($this->SMTPAuth && !$this->smtp->authenticate(
-                        $this->Username,
-                        $this->Password,
-                        $this->AuthType,
-                        $this->oauth
-                    )) {
+                    if (
+                        $this->SMTPAuth && !$this->smtp->authenticate(
+                            $this->Username,
+                            $this->Password,
+                            $this->AuthType,
+                            $this->oauth
+                        )
+                    ) {
                         throw new Exception($this->lang('authenticate'));
                     }
 
@@ -2119,7 +2132,7 @@ class PHPMailer
             'am' => 'hy',
         ];
 
-        if (isset($renamed_langcodes[$langcode])) {
+        if (array_key_exists($langcode, $renamed_langcodes)) {
             $langcode = $renamed_langcodes[$langcode];
         }
 
@@ -2428,7 +2441,8 @@ class PHPMailer
         }
 
         // sendmail and mail() extract Bcc from the header before sending
-        if ((
+        if (
+            (
                 'sendmail' === $this->Mailer || 'qmail' === $this->Mailer || 'mail' === $this->Mailer
             )
             && count($this->bcc) > 0
@@ -3898,7 +3912,8 @@ class PHPMailer
     public static function isValidHost($host)
     {
         //Simple syntax limits
-        if (empty($host)
+        if (
+            empty($host)
             || !is_string($host)
             || strlen($host) > 256
             || !preg_match('/^([a-zA-Z\d.-]*|\[[a-fA-F\d:]+])$/', $host)
@@ -4064,7 +4079,8 @@ class PHPMailer
                     );
                     continue;
                 }
-                if (// Only process relative URLs if a basedir is provided (i.e. no absolute local paths)
+                if (
+                    // Only process relative URLs if a basedir is provided (i.e. no absolute local paths)
                     !empty($basedir)
                     // Ignore URLs containing parent dir traversal (..)
                     && (strpos($url, '..') === false)
@@ -4086,13 +4102,14 @@ class PHPMailer
                     if (strlen($directory) > 1 && '/' !== substr($directory, -1)) {
                         $directory .= '/';
                     }
-                    if ($this->addEmbeddedImage(
-                        $basedir . $directory . $filename,
-                        $cid,
-                        $filename,
-                        static::ENCODING_BASE64,
-                        static::_mime_types((string) static::mb_pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_EXTENSION))
-                    )
+                    if (
+                        $this->addEmbeddedImage(
+                            $basedir . $directory . $filename,
+                            $cid,
+                            $filename,
+                            static::ENCODING_BASE64,
+                            static::_mime_types((string) static::mb_pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_EXTENSION))
+                        )
                     ) {
                         $message = preg_replace(
                             '/' . $images[1][$imgindex] . '=["\']' . preg_quote($url, '/') . '["\']/Ui',
@@ -4511,11 +4528,15 @@ class PHPMailer
             $privKey = openssl_pkey_get_private($privKeyStr);
         }
         if (openssl_sign($signHeader, $signature, $privKey, 'sha256WithRSAEncryption')) {
-            openssl_pkey_free($privKey);
+            if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION < 8) {
+                openssl_pkey_free($privKey);
+            }
 
             return base64_encode($signature);
         }
-        openssl_pkey_free($privKey);
+        if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION < 8) {
+            openssl_pkey_free($privKey);
+        }
 
         return '';
     }
diff --git a/wp-includes/PHPMailer/SMTP.php b/wp-includes/PHPMailer/SMTP.php
index 9e43dce2a5..ab7f46e4c8 100644
--- a/wp-includes/PHPMailer/SMTP.php
+++ b/wp-includes/PHPMailer/SMTP.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * PHPMailer RFC821 SMTP email transport class.
  * PHP Version 5.5.
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ class SMTP
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '6.1.8';
+    const VERSION = '6.2.0';
 
     /**
      * SMTP line break constant.
@@ -539,11 +540,12 @@ class SMTP
                     return false;
                 }
                 // Send encoded username and password
-                if (!$this->sendCommand(
-                    'User & Password',
-                    base64_encode("\0" . $username . "\0" . $password),
-                    235
-                )
+                if (
+                    !$this->sendCommand(
+                        'User & Password',
+                        base64_encode("\0" . $username . "\0" . $password),
+                        235
+                    )
                 ) {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -1086,8 +1088,10 @@ class SMTP
     {
         //If SMTP transcripts are left enabled, or debug output is posted online
         //it can leak credentials, so hide credentials in all but lowest level
-        if (self::DEBUG_LOWLEVEL > $this->do_debug &&
-            in_array($command, ['User & Password', 'Username', 'Password'], true)) {
+        if (
+            self::DEBUG_LOWLEVEL > $this->do_debug &&
+            in_array($command, ['User & Password', 'Username', 'Password'], true)
+        ) {
             $this->edebug('CLIENT -> SERVER: [credentials hidden]', self::DEBUG_CLIENT);
         } else {
             $this->edebug('CLIENT -> SERVER: ' . $data, self::DEBUG_CLIENT);
@@ -1207,7 +1211,8 @@ class SMTP
                     self::DEBUG_LOWLEVEL
                 );
 
-                //stream_select returns false when the `select` system call is interrupted by an incoming signal, try the select again
+                //stream_select returns false when the `select` system call is interrupted
+                //by an incoming signal, try the select again
                 if (stripos($message, 'interrupted system call') !== false) {
                     $this->edebug(
                         'SMTP -> get_lines(): retrying stream_select',
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 7f051bd0d5..92d5f6f682 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.6-RC1-49712';
+$wp_version = '5.6-RC1-49714';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.