diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5f8c8961626ee2341852a8e922dab27307fb8d4b..b09953435ccf3e3617e19e3e957e63b350ae263f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16.11.0-pre
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+17.0.0-pre
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