diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f7e7e365e2fff..dd4be2f32b88f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 50
+SUBLEVEL = 51
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"