diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index 58965dadb3c..230c671312f 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "4.2.9rc1"
+__version__ = "4.2.9rc2"