diff --git a/wp-includes/general-template.php b/wp-includes/general-template.php
index a84ffce694..2963113ef0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/general-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/general-template.php
@@ -4111,7 +4111,7 @@ function language_attributes( $doctype = 'html' ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieve paginated link for archive post pages.
+ * Retrieves paginated links for archive post pages.
  *
  * Technically, the function can be used to create paginated link list for any
  * area. The 'base' argument is used to reference the url, which will be used to
@@ -4357,6 +4357,16 @@ function paginate_links( $args = '' ) {
 			break;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Filters the HTML output of paginated links for archives.
+	 *
+	 * @since 5.7.0
+	 *
+	 * @param string $r    HTML output.
+	 * @param array  $args An array of arguments. See paginate_links() for accepted arguments.
+	 */
+	$r = apply_filters( 'paginate_links_output', $r, $args );
+
 	return $r;
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 2539329e77..61f966b21a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.7-alpha-49975';
+$wp_version = '5.7-alpha-49976';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.