diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 5076e811307..af963de03f0 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "5.3.0rc1"
+__version__ = "5.3.0rc2"