diff --git a/src/wp-includes/general-template.php b/src/wp-includes/general-template.php
index e2042298ae..75a4bdf5bd 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/general-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/general-template.php
@@ -2819,7 +2819,7 @@ function wp_resource_hints() {
 	 * The path is removed in the foreach loop below.
 	 */
 	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/formatting.php */
-	$hints['dns-prefetch'][] = apply_filters( 'emoji_svg_url', 'https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2/svg/' );
+	$hints['dns-prefetch'][] = apply_filters( 'emoji_svg_url', 'https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.2.1/svg/' );
 
 	foreach ( $hints as $relation_type => $urls ) {
 		/**