diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 0f32252c28..f148bbaa91 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "6.11.1.post1"
+__version__ = "6.12.0rc1"