diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8bb8dd199c55..61ebd54aba89 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 1
-SUBLEVEL = 48
+SUBLEVEL = 49
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Curry Ramen