diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a3f9a153..b5ad5018 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.24.0 / 2022-03-24
+## 0.24.0-rc.0 / 2022-03-10
 
 * [CHANGE] Add the `/api/v2` prefix to all endpoints in the OpenAPI specification and generated client code. #2696
 * [CHANGE] Remove the `github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/client` Go package. #2763
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.24.0
+0.24.0-rc.0