diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 6656473abc..ebdccfbad6 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "6.0.0a4"
+__version__ = "6.0.0a5"