Bump version string to trigger a release job

Change-Id: Iccac76fe51692eedc28103b73dff6cdaaeb69ae2
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 084129e..e06e7a2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.16
\ No newline at end of file
+1.8.17
\ No newline at end of file