diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ced4a9fd975431c9a04a8c9cbaa4d800e3b330e9..3c146e8d93dc5bbaa012276b3fac23c503ff4702 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 80
+SUBLEVEL = 81
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"