VERSION | 2 ++

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..19ca591c1acfafd9564f39538bc4b7fab896ebdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+go1.21rc1
+time 2023-06-15T19:02:18Z