diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7eb6793ecfbfdb465885f512dd5d39ed51bdbcab..49261450039a11dbdd5594dafd79fdf2a5e0c70f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 1
-SUBLEVEL = 7
+SUBLEVEL = 8
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Hurr durr I'ma ninja sloth