diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index 539194642d..24cfbb7b33 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -6566,16 +6566,10 @@ function wp_scheduled_delete() {
  * @return string[] Array of file header values keyed by header name.
  */
 function get_file_data( $file, $default_headers, $context = '' ) {
-	// We don't need to write to the file, so just open for reading.
-	$fp = fopen( $file, 'r' );
+	// Pull only the first 8 KB of the file in.
+	$file_data = file_get_contents( $file, false, null, 0, 8 * KB_IN_BYTES );
 
-	if ( $fp ) {
-		// Pull only the first 8 KB of the file in.
-		$file_data = fread( $fp, 8 * KB_IN_BYTES );
-
-		// PHP will close file handle, but we are good citizens.
-		fclose( $fp );
-	} else {
+	if ( false === $file_data ) {
 		$file_data = '';
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 9ea4ae884f..54a3df76ed 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.0-alpha-52697';
+$wp_version = '6.0-alpha-52698';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.