diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c2148be2ba34..c9a630cdb2ec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 1
-SUBLEVEL = 97
+SUBLEVEL = 98
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Curry Ramen