diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 420bb26623..cd230a98ed 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "6.9.0rc1"
+__version__ = "6.9.0rc2"