diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index aa440cbbae1..88b8cda32e1 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "5.8.0a2"
+__version__ = "5.8.0rc1"