diff --git a/pioreactor/version.py b/pioreactor/version.py
index 745b72f3..fdabedb1 100644
--- a/pioreactor/version.py
+++ b/pioreactor/version.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Append ".dev0" if a dev version
 # Append "rc0" if a rc version
 # No zero padding!
-__version__ = "24.7.18.dev0"
+__version__ = "24.8.16rc0"
 
 
 def get_hardware_version() -> tuple[int, int] | tuple[int, int, str]: