VERSION | 4 ++--

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 14b5935a9f6f1bd833593af1e2989d5c537dc2bc..1b7258e646a3e2fbfae19b9640f103dd3b6f2724 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-go1.26rc1
-time 2025-12-15T22:30:00Z
+go1.26rc2
+time 2026-01-08T21:54:29Z