diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index cd230a98ed..f7923fb25c 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "6.9.0rc2"
+__version__ = "6.9.0rc3"