From 1addeab4fe90a4ee7623d5e883ca02d6e9a60567 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Wojtulewicz <tim@corelight.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 09:44:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Updating CHANGES and VERSION.

---
 CHANGES | 4 ++++
 VERSION | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index da1079f226..80bc23b3a0 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+8.0.0-rc1 | 2025-08-04 09:39:08 -0700
+
+  * Release 8.0.0-rc1.
+
 8.0.0-dev.828 | 2025-08-04 09:38:55 -0700
 
   * Compile contributors for Zeek 8.0 in the NEWS file (Christian Kreibich, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index afd4643c76..71f2983501 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.0.0-dev.828
+8.0.0-rc1