diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be1bd297bca983c6f99dff65b7019fa5917aad76..3822720a8a1cd8601924135a85c63590a9e342ef 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 39
+SUBLEVEL = 40
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"