diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index a1e2271ea9..b6775b71ae 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "5.6.0"
+__version__ = "5.6.1rc1"