From 29b34d7c5228f1fcdea3e2d534f68f40b7a1c1e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Friedrich Gonzalez <1517449+friedrichg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:45:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare release candidate for 1.21

Signed-off-by: Friedrich Gonzalez <1517449+friedrichg@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 RELEASE.md | 2 +-
 VERSION    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index ed979cd5abb..8086bb15f03 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Our goal is to provide a new minor release every 6 weeks. This is a new process
 | v1.18.0        | 2024-08-16                                 | Daniel Blando (@danielblando)               |
 | v1.19.0        | 2025-01-22                                 | Charlie Le (@charlietle)                    |
 | v1.20.0        | 2025-10-31                                 | Ben Ye (@yeya24)                            |
-| v1.21.0        | 2026-03-09                                 | Friedrich Gonzalez (@friedrichg)            |
+| v1.21.0        | 2026-03-12                                 | Friedrich Gonzalez (@friedrichg)            |
 
 ## Release shepherd responsibilities
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0044d6cb969..e02d83fc539 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.20.1
+1.21.0-rc.0