diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 5194ece743..55a8962021 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "6.8.1"
+__version__ = "6.9.0a1"