diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5ba70f0649f3..c84413077456 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
-SUBLEVEL = 39
+SUBLEVEL = 40
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Hurr durr I'ma ninja sloth