diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2e3b43ce8a944..afb8b46398da6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 247
+SUBLEVEL = 248
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"