diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index def347a4f1ef684740c0441f17b4b3a9e82c4e7d..e79db430f9eab67d090a2d91ca4fd356aed728b2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 188
+SUBLEVEL = 189
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"