diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d2eff3747f2f..a5cfcd0a85a9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 1
-SUBLEVEL = 26
+SUBLEVEL = 27
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Hurr durr I'ma ninja sloth