Bump version string to force a release build

Change-Id: I55ba6d94e662ecef03a279ac72624c1b1470b717
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dade744..9c6b5b3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.22
\ No newline at end of file
+1.8.23
\ No newline at end of file