diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 60ad8dbd79e15a18ad5faabb6857e1dfd25808fc..2d5ece798c4c6e786b3e6ee305e9830e490d75e9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use strict;
 my $P = $0;
 $P =~ s@.*/@@g;
 
-my $V = '0.27';
+my $V = '0.28';
 
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);