diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7fee82384ed4601ac455dc667fe1f190bed43e39..8b1dfd544c6430595873c3f659189074ea090e78 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use strict;
 my $P = $0;
 $P =~ s@.*/@@g;
 
-my $V = '0.28';
+my $V = '0.29';
 
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);