diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ecf8806cb71f491230c05e859626b439ba487f2a..f6c9d5757470eb047316c96d9ce9920d10577205 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 70
+SUBLEVEL = 71
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"