diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 6e96fc64ae..3d591c8875 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "4.2.7"
+__version__ = "4.2.8rc1"