diff --git a/src/wp-admin/menu-header.php b/src/wp-admin/menu-header.php
index cf7fe7d3e005e..05ee3a183bb59 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/menu-header.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/menu-header.php
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  *
  * @global string $self
  */
+global $self;
+
 $self = preg_replace( '|^.*/wp-admin/network/|i', '', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] );
 $self = preg_replace( '|^.*/wp-admin/|i', '', $self );
 $self = preg_replace( '|^.*/plugins/|i', '', $self );
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/menu.php b/src/wp-admin/menu.php
index 81fdefb8bd127..b5b1c08793553 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/menu.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/menu.php
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
  *     6: Icon for top level menu.
  *
  * @global array $menu
+ * @global array $submenu
  */
+global $menu, $submenu;
 
 $menu[2] = array( __( 'Dashboard' ), 'read', 'index.php', '', 'menu-top menu-top-first menu-icon-dashboard', 'menu-dashboard', 'dashicons-dashboard' );
 
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/shortcodes.php b/src/wp-includes/shortcodes.php
index bddf63ada28a3..afbd0be2ef735 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/shortcodes.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/shortcodes.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
  * @var array
  * @global array $shortcode_tags
  */
+global $shortcode_tags;
 $shortcode_tags = array();
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/version.php b/src/wp-includes/version.php
index 7bdeef2e7d4de..f9fa3c8847f1e 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
+global $wp_version;
 $wp_version = '6.8-alpha-59274-src';
 
 /**
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
  *
  * @global int $wp_db_version
  */
+global $wp_db_version;
 $wp_db_version = 58975;
 
 /**
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $tinymce_version
  */
+global $tinymce_version;
 $tinymce_version = '49110-20201110';
 
 /**
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $required_php_version
  */
+global $required_php_version;
 $required_php_version = '7.2.24';
 
 /**
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@
  *
  * @global string[] $required_php_extensions
  */
+global $required_php_extensions;
 $required_php_extensions = array(
 	'json',
 	'hash',
@@ -54,4 +59,5 @@
  *
  * @global string $required_mysql_version
  */
+global $required_mysql_version;
 $required_mysql_version = '5.5.5';