diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 1e4708767dd..76465df9758 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "4.0.0rc2"
+__version__ = "4.0.0rc3"