diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0bc449370fd9e24632781379d4a8be0742b2d932..a8a4fd45c56291da037ba2cc029915ac9ce95452 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-17.1.0-rc1
+17.1.0-rc2