diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3ffd5b03e6dd..3ff5cf33ef55 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 148
+SUBLEVEL = 149
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"