Version 2.12.0-263.0.dev

Merge commit 'cc1cc0bb578e7372a40f3fd515fa37427f66e5ec' into 'dev'
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 10b75b8..dacee7e 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 #  * Making cherry-picks to stable channel
 #     - increase PATCH by 1
 #
-CHANNEL be
+CHANNEL dev
 MAJOR 2
 MINOR 12
 PATCH 0
-PRERELEASE 0
-PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
+PRERELEASE 263
+PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
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