diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d086ffe377d5b1dc66e52040e536b0a87ea834c8..c1e7fb3eab44598c4991bd62a4cc38ebcf885446 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use strict;
 my $P = $0;
 $P =~ s@.*/@@g;
 
-my $V = '0.30';
+my $V = '0.31';
 
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);