diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 3a223dde497..ebf199b2c6d 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "5.0.2"
+__version__ = "5.1.0rc1"