From f48ae27a4bb3ff07f9974b08569301fe7c84577a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Cannon <joshdcannon@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:20:02 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare 2.18.2rc0 (#20304)

---
 src/python/pants/VERSION | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/python/pants/VERSION b/src/python/pants/VERSION
index a36e9b0906d..944bc2afa97 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/VERSION
+++ b/src/python/pants/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.18.1
+2.18.2rc0