diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 447435c33dd5..45eb0ae98eba 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use strict;
 my $P = $0;
 $P =~ s@.*/@@g;
 
-my $V = '0.26';
+my $V = '0.27';
 
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);