diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/file.php b/wp-admin/includes/file.php
index 9a0f93bac4..cca39895ba 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/file.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/file.php
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ function wp_edit_theme_plugin_file( $args ) {
 		if ( true === $result ) {
 			$url                    = home_url( '/' );
 			$url                    = add_query_arg( $scrape_params, $url );
-			$r                      = wp_remote_get( $url, compact( 'cookies', 'headers', 'timeout' ) );
+			$r                      = wp_remote_get( $url, compact( 'cookies', 'headers', 'timeout', 'sslverify' ) );
 			$body                   = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $r );
 			$scrape_result_position = strpos( $body, $needle_start );
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index cc703b207c..74dbcc814a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.5-alpha-47895';
+$wp_version = '5.5-alpha-47896';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.