From 4e3b9e658621f6aa693db4ee7263e649aa35ce51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Test User <damask_user@mpie.de>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:58:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [skip ci] updated version information after successful test
 of v3.0.0-alpha8-172-gec624a86a

---
 VERSION | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4f15e26cc..a45b5eb13 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.0-alpha8-169-g85191cd02
+3.0.0-alpha8-172-gec624a86a