diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/credits.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/credits.php
index ed6071b1d5..23fd532fc6 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/credits.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/credits.php
@@ -11,23 +11,32 @@
  * Retrieve the contributor credits.
  *
  * @since 3.2.0
+ * @since 5.6.0 Added the `$version` and `$locale` parameters.
  *
+ * @param string $version WordPress version. Defaults to the current version.
+ * @param string $locale  WordPress locale. Defaults to the current user's locale.
  * @return array|false A list of all of the contributors, or false on error.
  */
-function wp_credits() {
-	// Include an unmodified $wp_version.
-	require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/version.php';
+function wp_credits( $version = '', $locale = '' ) {
+	if ( ! $version ) {
+		// Include an unmodified $wp_version.
+		require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/version.php';
 
-	$locale = get_user_locale();
+		$version = $wp_version;
+	}
+
+	if ( ! $locale ) {
+		$locale = get_user_locale();
+	}
 
 	$results = get_site_transient( 'wordpress_credits_' . $locale );
 
 	if ( ! is_array( $results )
-		|| false !== strpos( $wp_version, '-' )
-		|| ( isset( $results['data']['version'] ) && strpos( $wp_version, $results['data']['version'] ) !== 0 )
+		|| false !== strpos( $version, '-' )
+		|| ( isset( $results['data']['version'] ) && strpos( $version, $results['data']['version'] ) !== 0 )
 	) {
-		$url     = "http://api.wordpress.org/core/credits/1.1/?version={$wp_version}&locale={$locale}";
-		$options = array( 'user-agent' => 'WordPress/' . $wp_version . '; ' . home_url( '/' ) );
+		$url     = "http://api.wordpress.org/core/credits/1.1/?version={$version}&locale={$locale}";
+		$options = array( 'user-agent' => 'WordPress/' . $version . '; ' . home_url( '/' ) );
 
 		if ( wp_http_supports( array( 'ssl' ) ) ) {
 			$url = set_url_scheme( $url, 'https' );