diff --git a/wp-includes/class.wp-dependencies.php b/wp-includes/class.wp-dependencies.php
index 11068f970a..5a1a9286e7 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class.wp-dependencies.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class.wp-dependencies.php
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class WP_Dependencies {
 	 *
 	 * @access public
 	 * @since 2.8.0
+	 * @deprecated 4.5.0
 	 * @var int
 	 */
 	public $group = 0;
@@ -161,7 +162,8 @@ class WP_Dependencies {
 			if ( in_array($handle, $this->done, true) ) // Already done
 				continue;
 
-			$moved = $this->set_group( $handle, $recursion, $group );
+			$moved     = $this->set_group( $handle, $recursion, $group );
+			$new_group = $this->groups[ $handle ];
 
 			if ( $queued && !$moved ) // already queued and in the right group
 				continue;
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ class WP_Dependencies {
 				$keep_going = false; // Item doesn't exist.
 			elseif ( $this->registered[$handle]->deps && array_diff($this->registered[$handle]->deps, array_keys($this->registered)) )
 				$keep_going = false; // Item requires dependencies that don't exist.
-			elseif ( $this->registered[$handle]->deps && !$this->all_deps( $this->registered[$handle]->deps, true, $group ) )
+			elseif ( $this->registered[$handle]->deps && !$this->all_deps( $this->registered[$handle]->deps, true, $new_group ) )
 				$keep_going = false; // Item requires dependencies that don't exist.
 
 			if ( ! $keep_going ) { // Either item or its dependencies don't exist.
@@ -397,16 +399,12 @@ class WP_Dependencies {
 	public function set_group( $handle, $recursion, $group ) {
 		$group = (int) $group;
 
-		if ( $recursion ) {
-			$group = min( $this->group, $group );
+		if ( isset( $this->groups[ $handle ] ) && $this->groups[ $handle ] <= $group ) {
+			return false;
 		}
 
-		$this->group = $group;
+		$this->groups[ $handle ] = $group;
 
-		if ( isset($this->groups[$handle]) && $this->groups[$handle] <= $group )
-			return false;
-
-		$this->groups[$handle] = $group;
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/class.wp-scripts.php b/wp-includes/class.wp-scripts.php
index 0b3f922ed0..655c07f23d 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class.wp-scripts.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class.wp-scripts.php
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ class WP_Scripts extends WP_Dependencies {
 	 * @return bool True on success, false on failure.
 	 */
 	public function all_deps( $handles, $recursion = false, $group = false ) {
-		$r = parent::all_deps( $handles, $recursion );
+		$r = parent::all_deps( $handles, $recursion, $group );
 		if ( ! $recursion ) {
 			/**
 			 * Filter the list of script dependencies left to print.
diff --git a/wp-includes/class.wp-styles.php b/wp-includes/class.wp-styles.php
index 788e8a3fa9..a175058baa 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class.wp-styles.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class.wp-styles.php
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class WP_Styles extends WP_Dependencies {
 	 * @return bool True on success, false on failure.
 	 */
 	public function all_deps( $handles, $recursion = false, $group = false ) {
-		$r = parent::all_deps( $handles, $recursion );
+		$r = parent::all_deps( $handles, $recursion, $group );
 		if ( ! $recursion ) {
 			/**
 			 * Filter the array of enqueued styles before processing for output.
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 08a2b015b5..8abd2d8477 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.5-beta2-36870';
+$wp_version = '4.5-beta2-36871';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.