diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 677341239449ab540b9a33543902be19eff46075..ecf8806cb71f491230c05e859626b439ba487f2a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 69
+SUBLEVEL = 70
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"