diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8675dd2a9cc854181ae134651eacf61c13e21146..d625d3aeab2e9595e985d9f0063089ad1f74d7f2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 5
 PATCHLEVEL = 16
-SUBLEVEL = 15
+SUBLEVEL = 16
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Gobble Gobble