diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8f611d79d5e1..f9210e43121d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 5
 PATCHLEVEL = 10
-SUBLEVEL = 117
+SUBLEVEL = 118
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Dare mighty things