diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index cfda0f8e3fe..7ce22421614 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "5.4.2"
+__version__ = "5.4.3rc1"