diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 211084c79cc1ef42b4cbe6350f9df8aafaf4810b..dbc3c5f5d18e591e0895ca1c0e31fe9b5ae1eb61 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-12.10.0-pre
+12.10.0-rc20200415131351.ee.0