diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 872af26e085a..c4c0b47e6ede 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 5
 PATCHLEVEL = 10
-SUBLEVEL = 30
+SUBLEVEL = 31
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Dare mighty things