Bump version string to trigger a (--draft) release.  New jenkins/github credentials were MIA last job (?)

Change-Id: Id75fa3af856f20487b578156c9d510f953f8bb40
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ea2dee2..3741959 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.26
+1.8.27