diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e338ef70bd3b3dd929d5fbd8eec1789dbb778a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+go1.23rc1
+time 2024-06-20T19:20:56Z