diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index ca0f629fd6..3bbd9eef21 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "5.4.3"
+__version__ = "5.4.4rc1"