diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be894b3a97d5455a2c3decf54fa7d12d1813f94c..dd11f5a83d2fb84a9757d4b1015758bd488a3315 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 43
+SUBLEVEL = 44
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"