chore: update VERSION on rc1 release

[34fathombelow]

This PR updates the VERSION file on the main branch for a rc1 release. We should change the version closer to a feature freeze.

Also excluded Snyk reports from the GitHub release notes.

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Patch coverage: 66.66% and project coverage change: +0.02 🎉

Comparison is base (d4714f3) 49.20% compared to head (404885a) 49.22%.

Additional details and impacted files

@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##           master   #13558      +/-   ##
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+ Coverage   49.20%   49.22%   +0.02%     
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  Files         248      248              
  Lines       42909    42830      -79     
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- Hits        21113    21084      -29     
+ Misses      19682    19648      -34     
+ Partials     2114     2098      -16     

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
util/helm/client.go	50.32% <66.66%> (+2.80%)	⬆️

... and 1 file with indirect coverage changes

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