diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 359a6b49e576f..bad87c4c81173 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 5
 PATCHLEVEL = 2
-SUBLEVEL = 7
+SUBLEVEL = 8
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Bobtail Squid