diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c122a50e4b406..09d2124b38940 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
-SUBLEVEL = 22
+SUBLEVEL = 23
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Hurr durr I'ma ninja sloth