diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index ad271c2ab8..509f63b9ab 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -5756,8 +5756,6 @@ function get_page_by_path( $page_path, $output = OBJECT, $post_type = 'page' ) {
  * @since 2.1.0
  * @since 3.0.0 The `$post_type` parameter was added.
  *
- * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
- *
  * @param string       $page_title Page title.
  * @param string       $output     Optional. The required return type. One of OBJECT, ARRAY_A, or ARRAY_N, which
  *                                 correspond to a WP_Post object, an associative array, or a numeric array,
@@ -5766,40 +5764,25 @@ function get_page_by_path( $page_path, $output = OBJECT, $post_type = 'page' ) {
  * @return WP_Post|array|null WP_Post (or array) on success, or null on failure.
  */
 function get_page_by_title( $page_title, $output = OBJECT, $post_type = 'page' ) {
-	global $wpdb;
+	$args  = array(
+		'post_title'             => $page_title,
+		'post_type'              => $post_type,
+		'post_status'            => get_post_stati(),
+		'posts_per_page'         => 1,
+		'update_post_term_cache' => false,
+		'update_post_meta_cache' => false,
+		'no_found_rows'          => true,
+		'orderby'                => 'ID',
+		'order'                  => 'ASC',
+	);
+	$query = new WP_Query( $args );
+	$pages = $query->get_posts();
 
-	if ( is_array( $post_type ) ) {
-		$post_type           = esc_sql( $post_type );
-		$post_type_in_string = "'" . implode( "','", $post_type ) . "'";
-		$sql                 = $wpdb->prepare(
-			"
-			SELECT ID
-			FROM $wpdb->posts
-			WHERE post_title = %s
-			AND post_type IN ($post_type_in_string)
-		",
-			$page_title
-		);
-	} else {
-		$sql = $wpdb->prepare(
-			"
-			SELECT ID
-			FROM $wpdb->posts
-			WHERE post_title = %s
-			AND post_type = %s
-		",
-			$page_title,
-			$post_type
-		);
+	if ( empty( $pages ) ) {
+		return null;
 	}
 
-	$page = $wpdb->get_var( $sql );
-
-	if ( $page ) {
-		return get_post( $page, $output );
-	}
-
-	return null;
+	return get_post( $pages[0], $output );
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 6525f6a6ed..71fa67eb1c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.1-alpha-54233';
+$wp_version = '6.1-alpha-54234';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.