diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index f5f41e567e..60bb910ed6 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.1.0"
+__version__ = "3.1.1rc1"