diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6971bf078d1338ff3f7c7f2b5b72b7f874c94fbc..66f060ecb81fab6e8ce5240954a1f5224f7d7ca3 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use strict;
 my $P = $0;
 $P =~ s@.*/@@g;
 
-my $V = '0.19';
+my $V = '0.20';
 
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);