diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1de746bc99f856fa04f4755cd3c973fec3c36364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+go1.22rc1
+time 2023-12-19T16:29:36Z