diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index f5752882da..69976d33f0 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "5.3.0"
+__version__ = "5.4.0a1"