diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2d7b7fe5cbad6..b642e5650c0b1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 5
 PATCHLEVEL = 16
-SUBLEVEL = 6
+SUBLEVEL = 7
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Gobble Gobble