diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 234c8032c2b4a..48140575f960b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 5
 PATCHLEVEL = 10
-SUBLEVEL = 138
+SUBLEVEL = 139
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = Dare mighty things
 
diff --git a/scripts/dummy-tools/dummy-plugin-dir/include/plugin-version.h b/scripts/dummy-tools/dummy-plugin-dir/include/plugin-version.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d