diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/schema.php b/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
index 97b6292cf1..544a9221d1 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
@@ -1329,5 +1329,6 @@ function populate_site_meta( $site_id, array $meta = array() ) {
 
 	$wpdb->query( "INSERT INTO $wpdb->blogmeta ( blog_id, meta_key, meta_value ) VALUES " . $insert ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared
 
+	wp_cache_delete( $site_id, 'blog_meta' );
 	wp_cache_set_sites_last_changed();
 }
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index de6116ce32..6363b34a62 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.1-alpha-44525';
+$wp_version = '5.1-alpha-44526';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.