VERSION | 2 ++

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f077a2dc51e28848ab407056ec856a04766d6828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+go1.25rc1
+time 2025-06-11T15:42:18Z