diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a234f16783ede..4f7da26fef784 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 0
-SUBLEVEL = 9
+SUBLEVEL = 10
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Hurr durr I'ma ninja sloth