diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 34bc4c752c49703ce467eb023cf419c42846d642..8717f34464d5d1c7e61e54ea02d031b47da908da 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 8
+SUBLEVEL = 9
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"