diff --git a/wp-includes/plugin.php b/wp-includes/plugin.php
index 81e0aa952d..c1e5ff0bbe 100644
--- a/wp-includes/plugin.php
+++ b/wp-includes/plugin.php
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ function add_filter( $hook_name, $callback, $priority = 10, $accepted_args = 1 )
  *     $value = apply_filters( 'example_filter', 'filter me', $arg1, $arg2 );
  *
  * @since 0.71
+ * @since 6.0.0 Formalized the existing and already documented `...$args` parameter
+ *              by adding it to the function signature.
  *
  * @global WP_Hook[] $wp_filter         Stores all of the filters and actions.
  * @global string[]  $wp_current_filter Stores the list of current filters with the current one last.
@@ -160,15 +162,15 @@ function add_filter( $hook_name, $callback, $priority = 10, $accepted_args = 1 )
  * @param mixed  ...$args   Additional parameters to pass to the callback functions.
  * @return mixed The filtered value after all hooked functions are applied to it.
  */
-function apply_filters( $hook_name, $value ) {
+function apply_filters( $hook_name, $value, ...$args ) {
 	global $wp_filter, $wp_current_filter;
 
-	$args = func_get_args();
-
 	// Do 'all' actions first.
 	if ( isset( $wp_filter['all'] ) ) {
 		$wp_current_filter[] = $hook_name;
-		_wp_call_all_hook( $args );
+
+		$all_args = func_get_args(); // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.ArgumentFunctionsReportCurrentValue.NeedsInspection
+		_wp_call_all_hook( $all_args );
 	}
 
 	if ( ! isset( $wp_filter[ $hook_name ] ) ) {
@@ -183,8 +185,8 @@ function apply_filters( $hook_name, $value ) {
 		$wp_current_filter[] = $hook_name;
 	}
 
-	// Don't pass the tag name to WP_Hook.
-	array_shift( $args );
+	// Pass the value to WP_Hook.
+	array_unshift( $args, $value );
 
 	$filtered = $wp_filter[ $hook_name ]->apply_filters( $value, $args );
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 0e36b3b996..748e82cefe 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.0-alpha-52951';
+$wp_version = '6.0-alpha-52952';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.