diff --git a/src/phoenix/__init__.py b/src/phoenix/__init__.py
index bcb94e8adc..b13df55355 100644
--- a/src/phoenix/__init__.py
+++ b/src/phoenix/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from .datasets.schema import EmbeddingColumnNames, Schema
 from .session.session import Session, active_session, close_app, launch_app
 
-__version__ = "0.0.23rc0"
+__version__ = "0.0.23rc1"
 
 # module level doc-string
 __doc__ = """