diff --git a/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widget-types-controller.php b/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widget-types-controller.php
index 59873974e0..9c0837644b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widget-types-controller.php
+++ b/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widget-types-controller.php
@@ -214,11 +214,11 @@ class WP_REST_Widget_Types_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 			$widget['is_multi'] = (bool) $widget_object;
 
 			if ( isset( $widget['name'] ) ) {
-				$widget['name'] = html_entity_decode( $widget['name'] );
+				$widget['name'] = html_entity_decode( $widget['name'], ENT_QUOTES, get_bloginfo( 'charset' ) );
 			}
 
 			if ( isset( $widget['description'] ) ) {
-				$widget['description'] = html_entity_decode( $widget['description'] );
+				$widget['description'] = html_entity_decode( $widget['description'], ENT_QUOTES, get_bloginfo( 'charset' ) );
 			}
 
 			unset( $widget['callback'] );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index d84800b7d1..d18b29ef6a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.8-beta2-51182';
+$wp_version = '5.8-beta2-51183';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.