diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 7f229cf189..80ad21a52c 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "6.0.2"
+__version__ = "6.1.0rc1"