diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index 36146132d7..77aaf718b1 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -1899,7 +1899,8 @@ function wp_nonce_field( $action = -1, $name = '_wpnonce', $referer = true, $ech
  * @return string Referer field HTML markup.
  */
 function wp_referer_field( $echo = true ) {
-	$referer_field = '<input type="hidden" name="_wp_http_referer" value="' . esc_attr( wp_unslash( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) ) . '" />';
+	$request_url   = remove_query_arg( '_wp_http_referer' );
+	$referer_field = '<input type="hidden" name="_wp_http_referer" value="' . esc_url( $request_url ) . '" />';
 
 	if ( $echo ) {
 		echo $referer_field;
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index d9db507da6..af0db8d8cd 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.1-beta3-54448';
+$wp_version = '6.1-beta3-54449';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.