diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index f4182f8151..dd57ed0628 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "v3.0.0-rc1"
+__version__ = "3.0.0-rc1"