diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5f4aa91..f02aa19 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION from some future config system.
 #
 VERSION = 1
-PATCHLEVEL = 5
+PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 0
 EXTRAVERSION =
 LOCAL_VERSION =