diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6dea0c216368..5b22e3ff440c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
-SUBLEVEL = 51
+SUBLEVEL = 52
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Hurr durr I'ma ninja sloth