diff --git a/tools/packaging/cmd/kata-pkgsync/VERSION b/tools/packaging/cmd/kata-pkgsync/VERSION
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-0.0.1
diff --git a/tools/packaging/cmd/kata-pkgsync/VERSION b/tools/packaging/cmd/kata-pkgsync/VERSION
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