From 159eba303e2589e7e4d797b60b1e41380b654c37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Burroughs <chris.burroughs@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 21:59:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare 2.31.1rc1

---
 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 4f7a125af7b..4b2d0722136 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/VERSION
+++ b/src/python/pants/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.31.1rc0
+2.31.1rc1