diff --git a/projects/packages/connection/changelog/fix-connection-dotorg-user-cache-bug b/projects/packages/connection/changelog/fix-connection-dotorg-user-cache-bug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5bafeb387ad19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/packages/connection/changelog/fix-connection-dotorg-user-cache-bug
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fixed
+
+Work around a WP user caching bug (https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/62003).
diff --git a/projects/packages/connection/src/class-manager.php b/projects/packages/connection/src/class-manager.php
index 8783dbff1126f..5d56946f46609 100644
--- a/projects/packages/connection/src/class-manager.php
+++ b/projects/packages/connection/src/class-manager.php
@@ -1620,12 +1620,17 @@ public function get_assumed_site_creation_date() {
 			return $cached_date;
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * We don't use the 'ID' field, but need it to overcome a WP caching bug: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/62003
+		 *
+		 * @todo Remote the 'ID' field from users fetching when the issue is fixed and Jetpack-supported WP versions move beyond it.
+		 */
 		$earliest_registered_users  = get_users(
 			array(
 				'role'    => 'administrator',
 				'orderby' => 'user_registered',
 				'order'   => 'ASC',
-				'fields'  => array( 'user_registered' ),
+				'fields'  => array( 'ID', 'user_registered' ),
 				'number'  => 1,
 			)
 		);
diff --git a/projects/packages/connection/tests/php/test-class-connection-notice.php b/projects/packages/connection/tests/php/test-class-connection-notice.php
index 5fdc1ecfb5934..a93f342ba214f 100644
--- a/projects/packages/connection/tests/php/test-class-connection-notice.php
+++ b/projects/packages/connection/tests/php/test-class-connection-notice.php
@@ -117,10 +117,15 @@ protected function set_up() {
 		\Jetpack_Options::update_option( 'master_user', $id_admin );
 
 		$this->users_query_filter = function ( $result, $query ) {
-			if ( str_starts_with( trim( $query ), 'SELECT wp_users.user_registered' )
+			if ( str_starts_with( trim( $query ), 'SELECT wp_users.ID,wp_users.user_registered' )
 				&& preg_match( '#wp_usermeta\.meta_value LIKE \'\{.*?\}"administrator"\{.*?\}\'#i', $query )
 			) {
-				return array( (object) array( 'user_registered' => '2012-03-19 00:00:00' ) );
+				return array(
+					(object) array(
+						'ID'              => 12346,
+						'user_registered' => '2012-03-19 00:00:00',
+					),
+				);
 			}
 
 			return $result;