From e18aff861ea3923c9ee09d8c06102ebb6547cffb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:36:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] New release v2.4.0.0-0.1.rc1

---
 VERSION                | 2 +-
 lib/ansible/release.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index cef639ac03b..e27e8877808 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.4.0 0.0.devel
+2.4.0.0 0.1.rc1
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index e38da10d35a..733bcc4915c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/release.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/release.py
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-__version__ = '2.4.0'
+__version__ = '2.4.0.0'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'