VERSION | 2 ++

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d60e1bcb57e7b41f55e24b5518b1e28d052b10a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+go1.27rc1
+time 2026-06-18T17:05:58Z