diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 3850e89e1b..2246243b97 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "6.0.0a7"
+__version__ = "6.0.0a8"