diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 8677da9611f..c8f8e8123e8 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "5.0.0.a8"
+__version__ = "5.0.0.rc1"