diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index fc3770cfaf..2cc27ad069 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ function wpautop( $text, $br = true ) {
 	// Change multiple <br>'s into two line breaks, which will turn into paragraphs.
 	$text = preg_replace( '|<br\s*/?>\s*<br\s*/?>|', "\n\n", $text );
 
-	$allblocks = '(?:table|thead|tfoot|caption|col|colgroup|tbody|tr|td|th|div|dl|dd|dt|ul|ol|li|pre|form|map|area|blockquote|address|math|style|p|h[1-6]|hr|fieldset|legend|section|article|aside|hgroup|header|footer|nav|figure|figcaption|details|menu|summary)';
+	$allblocks = '(?:table|thead|tfoot|caption|col|colgroup|tbody|tr|td|th|div|dl|dd|dt|ul|ol|li|pre|form|map|area|blockquote|address|style|p|h[1-6]|hr|fieldset|legend|section|article|aside|hgroup|header|footer|nav|figure|figcaption|details|menu|summary)';
 
 	// Add a double line break above block-level opening tags.
 	$text = preg_replace( '!(<' . $allblocks . '[\s/>])!', "\n\n$1", $text );
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ function wpautop( $text, $br = true ) {
 	// Optionally insert line breaks.
 	if ( $br ) {
 		// Replace newlines that shouldn't be touched with a placeholder.
-		$text = preg_replace_callback( '/<(script|style|svg).*?<\/\\1>/s', '_autop_newline_preservation_helper', $text );
+		$text = preg_replace_callback( '/<(script|style|svg|math).*?<\/\\1>/s', '_autop_newline_preservation_helper', $text );
 
 		// Normalize <br>
 		$text = str_replace( array( '<br>', '<br/>' ), '<br />', $text );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index b97228733c..856ff45a59 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.2-alpha-55271';
+$wp_version = '6.2-alpha-55272';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.