Fix for timestamps not coming in kafka message

Change-Id: Iab4b396f76d018a9b310b1aff833b8aa7659638a
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index edfc322..1817afe 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.8.2-dev
+2.8.2