diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dc45849bb6add5e9d7c9ef4ebda625c649388b18..b2d902bed21b609fae69cc1b58b7de930780fb1d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-12.10.0-rc42
+12.10.0-rc43