diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 57dfe270da0e9..65f18517c9a25 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+1.7.0-rc2
diff --git a/deps/checksums/Downloads-26d79afcde9cf837a331fce023b31f1d3699700c.tar.gz/md5 b/deps/checksums/Downloads-26d79afcde9cf837a331fce023b31f1d3699700c.tar.gz/md5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..02c7e0f4915d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/checksums/Downloads-26d79afcde9cf837a331fce023b31f1d3699700c.tar.gz/md5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/deps/checksums/Downloads-26d79afcde9cf837a331fce023b31f1d3699700c.tar.gz/sha512 b/deps/checksums/Downloads-26d79afcde9cf837a331fce023b31f1d3699700c.tar.gz/sha512
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..19d71e70f6b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/checksums/Downloads-26d79afcde9cf837a331fce023b31f1d3699700c.tar.gz/sha512
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/deps/checksums/Downloads-5d00bddf2db81b0ea62990b4d81fe5bf51c38b10.tar.gz/md5 b/deps/checksums/Downloads-5d00bddf2db81b0ea62990b4d81fe5bf51c38b10.tar.gz/md5
deleted file mode 100644
index 84213cc894eae..0000000000000
--- a/deps/checksums/Downloads-5d00bddf2db81b0ea62990b4d81fe5bf51c38b10.tar.gz/md5
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-f0f313b7144397902487c3c10d4b06a9
diff --git a/deps/checksums/Downloads-5d00bddf2db81b0ea62990b4d81fe5bf51c38b10.tar.gz/sha512 b/deps/checksums/Downloads-5d00bddf2db81b0ea62990b4d81fe5bf51c38b10.tar.gz/sha512
deleted file mode 100644
index 2257d39dafc5e..0000000000000
--- a/deps/checksums/Downloads-5d00bddf2db81b0ea62990b4d81fe5bf51c38b10.tar.gz/sha512
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/stdlib/Downloads.version b/stdlib/Downloads.version
index 0eddf27872401..091995a5d490d 100644
--- a/stdlib/Downloads.version
+++ b/stdlib/Downloads.version
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-DOWNLOADS_BRANCH = master
-DOWNLOADS_SHA1 = 5d00bddf2db81b0ea62990b4d81fe5bf51c38b10
+DOWNLOADS_BRANCH = release-1.5
+DOWNLOADS_SHA1 = 26d79afcde9cf837a331fce023b31f1d3699700c