diff --git a/wp-includes/pomo/plural-forms.php b/wp-includes/pomo/plural-forms.php
index cabc807180..a66d00f6de 100644
--- a/wp-includes/pomo/plural-forms.php
+++ b/wp-includes/pomo/plural-forms.php
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class Plural_Forms {
 						$span     = strspn( $str, self::NUM_CHARS, $pos );
 						$output[] = array( 'value', intval( substr( $str, $pos, $span ) ) );
 						$pos     += $span;
-						continue;
+						break;
 					}
 
 					throw new Exception( sprintf( 'Unknown symbol "%s"', $next ) );
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 08a19b7604..2511917c59 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.0-alpha-43652';
+$wp_version = '5.0-alpha-43653';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.