diff --git a/ldm/invoke/_version.py b/ldm/invoke/_version.py
index cc77f73670..6c290ae782 100644
--- a/ldm/invoke/_version.py
+++ b/ldm/invoke/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__='2.3.0+a0'
+__version__='2.3.0-rc1'