diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4f9939dec2c2..1a4c4af370db 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 6
 PATCHLEVEL = 1
-SUBLEVEL = 24
+SUBLEVEL = 25
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Hurr durr I'ma ninja sloth