diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7f6669dae46b..e00f4bbcd737 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 276
+SUBLEVEL = 277
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"