diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b0bce87a36b196374ee006f8105b9c4376f3aac..9f37a8a9feb9926cb2efc0c050f6dbd915baec82 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 17
+SUBLEVEL = 18
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"