diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9dde2c230789..447ed158d6bc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 5
 PATCHLEVEL = 10
-SUBLEVEL = 171
+SUBLEVEL = 172
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Dare mighty things