diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 2246243b97..3873e4ac4b 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "6.0.0a8"
+__version__ = "6.0.0a9"