diff --git a/wp-admin/credits.php b/wp-admin/credits.php
index fd273e0e99..cd4ac9c59c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/credits.php
+++ b/wp-admin/credits.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ return;
 // These are strings returned by the API that we want to be translatable
 __( 'Project Leaders' );
 __( 'Core Contributors to WordPress %s' );
-__( 'Contributing Developers' );
+__( 'Noteworthy Contributors' );
 __( 'Cofounder, Project Lead' );
 __( 'Lead Developer' );
 __( 'Release Lead' );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 2e9f128742..ced37bb9ca 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.9-beta3-41997';
+$wp_version = '4.9-beta3-41998';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.