diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index caf00b543f2..0c1d77bc3dc 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "4.2.0a2"
+__version__ = "4.2.0a3"