Adding counter type in response VOL-4272

Change-Id: Ifa295c76f25d56d0ebd3a6b4fae2caf03518dd2d
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bd8bf88..943f9cb 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.0
+1.7.1