VERSION | 1 +

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1903322150e4e81283341b9e4fe40614c6c1d6da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+go1.16rc1
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