diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aa6cdaebe18b2..6637882cb5e54 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 222
+SUBLEVEL = 223
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"