diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 0c11babd07..448d9585b3 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.5.1"
+__version__ = "3.6.0rc1"