diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dd98debc26048..acb8ffee65dc5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 5
 PATCHLEVEL = 16
-SUBLEVEL = 2
+SUBLEVEL = 3
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Gobble Gobble