diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f852f1161bed..bde1d2d704e7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 268
+SUBLEVEL = 269
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"