diff --git a/wp-includes/user.php b/wp-includes/user.php
index cc128c26e4..595c4c8447 100644
--- a/wp-includes/user.php
+++ b/wp-includes/user.php
@@ -1873,6 +1873,7 @@ function update_user_caches( $user ) {
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
  * @since 4.4.0 'clean_user_cache' action was added.
+ * @since 6.2.0 User metadata caches are now cleared.
  *
  * @param WP_User|int $user User object or ID to be cleaned from the cache
  */
@@ -1893,6 +1894,8 @@ function clean_user_cache( $user ) {
 		wp_cache_delete( $user->user_email, 'useremail' );
 	}
 
+	wp_cache_delete( $user->ID, 'user_meta' );
+
 	/**
 	 * Fires immediately after the given user's cache is cleaned.
 	 *
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 54426a891e..a1519a4aa5 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.2-alpha-54939';
+$wp_version = '6.2-alpha-54940';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.