diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index b0dd0bf0ee..eb2a155da0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '7.1-alpha-62413';
+$wp_version = '7.1-alpha-62414';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.
diff --git a/wp-trackback.php b/wp-trackback.php
index c9149363e1..732ab8b96c 100644
--- a/wp-trackback.php
+++ b/wp-trackback.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function trackback_response( $error = 0, $error_message = '' ) {
 		echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?' . ">\n";
 		echo "<response>\n";
 		echo "<error>1</error>\n";
-		echo "<message>$error_message</message>\n";
+		echo '<message>' . esc_xml( $error_message ) . "</message>\n";
 		echo '</response>';
 		die();
 	} else {