diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 968eb96a0553..034dd990b0ae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 18
-SUBLEVEL = 15
+SUBLEVEL = 16
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Merciless Moray