Project doesn't build when a version file is included

When a VERSION file with a version number in it is added to the root directory of a project, and then built to WebGL, the build breaks.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a 3D project (or URP, probably any type).
2. Add a VERSION file to the root directory of the project that has a version number inside.
3. Switch to WebGL and Build

Expected Result:
The project builds successfully.

Actual Result:
The project does not build and build errors show up in the console (70 errors)

Note: the native macOS build is successfully

The errors are of this form:
Building Library/Bee/artifacts/WebGL/il2cpp/master_WebGL_wasm/5z9b_stem0.lump.o failed with output:
In file included from Library/Bee/artifacts/WebGL/il2cpp/master_WebGL_wasm/w90z_System0.lump.cpp:2:
In file included from /Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2022.1.0f1/Unity.app/Contents/il2cpp/libil2cpp/icalls/mscorlib/System.Text/EncodingHelper.cpp:3:
In file included from /Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2022.1.0f1/PlaybackEngines/WebGLSupport/BuildTools/Emscripten/emscripten/cache/sysroot/include/c++/v1/string:504:
In file included from /Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2022.1.0f1/PlaybackEngines/WebGLSupport/BuildTools/Emscripten/emscripten/cache/sysroot/include/c++/v1/string_view:175:
In file included from /Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2022.1.0f1/PlaybackEngines/WebGLSupport/BuildTools/Emscripten/emscripten/cache/sysroot/include/c++/v1/__string:57:
In file included from /Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2022.1.0f1/PlaybackEngines/WebGLSupport/BuildTools/Emscripten/emscripten/cache/sysroot/include/c++/v1/algorithm:639:
In file included from /Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2022.1.0f1/PlaybackEngines/WebGLSupport/BuildTools/Emscripten/emscripten/cache/sysroot/include/c++/v1/initializer_list:46:
In file included from /Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2022.1.0f1/PlaybackEngines/WebGLSupport/BuildTools/Emscripten/emscripten/cache/sysroot/include/c++/v1/cstddef:37:
./version:1:1: error: expected unqualified-id
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