diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 1e41bf8f7e5..2855450ba8d 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "5.4.1"
+__version__ = "5.4.2rc1"