diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index acb8ffee65dc5..36ff4ed4763b3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 5
 PATCHLEVEL = 16
-SUBLEVEL = 3
+SUBLEVEL = 4
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Gobble Gobble