diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index f7f3fc8f0b2..76ef00c0483 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "6.8.0rc1"
+__version__ = "6.8.0rc2"