diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 46f67e7f8db..0d337e8707e 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.7.0"
+__version__ = "4.0.0rc1"