diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 63b0bc92a0fa..42073a4c6e2e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 196
+SUBLEVEL = 197
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"