diff --git a/ldm/invoke/_version.py b/ldm/invoke/_version.py
index 1275f4e6a6..0ac7042811 100644
--- a/ldm/invoke/_version.py
+++ b/ldm/invoke/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__='2.3.1+rc2'
+__version__='2.3.1+rc3'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 744fb11006..6357d25653 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "albumentations",
   "click",
   "clip_anytorch",          # replacing "clip @ https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/eaa22acb90a5876642d0507623e859909230a52d.zip",
-  "compel>=0.1.6",
+  "compel==0.1.7",
   "datasets",
   "diffusers[torch]~=0.13",
   "dnspython==2.2.1",