diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-woocommerce.php b/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-woocommerce.php
index 85ce78999c1..c566d474bb0 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-woocommerce.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-woocommerce.php
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ final class WooCommerce {
 		 */
 		$locale = apply_filters( 'plugin_locale', $locale, 'woocommerce' ); // phpcs:ignore WooCommerce.Commenting.CommentHooks.MissingSinceComment
 
-		unload_textdomain( 'woocommerce' );
+		unload_textdomain( 'woocommerce', true );
 		load_textdomain( 'woocommerce', WP_LANG_DIR . '/woocommerce/woocommerce-' . $locale . '.mo' );
 		load_plugin_textdomain( 'woocommerce', false, plugin_basename( dirname( WC_PLUGIN_FILE ) ) . '/i18n/languages' );
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/readme.txt b/plugins/woocommerce/readme.txt
index 66005783949..03911537aa8 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/readme.txt
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/readme.txt
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ WooCommerce comes with some sample data you can use to see how products look; im
 
 **WooCommerce**
 
+* Fix - Support situations in which (WooCommerce) translations are inadvertently loaded too early. [#52199](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/pull/52199)
 * Fix - Add a retry mechanism to the query to obtain the SKU lock for product creation through the API. [#51735](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/pull/51735)
 * Fix - Fix `Error: Failed opening required '.../wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/StoreApi/Schemas/V1/AI/ProductsSchema.php` fatal error [#51912](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/pull/51912)
 * Fix - Resolved fatal error when applying Brands-restricted coupon [#51577](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/pull/51577)