[VOL-4912]:version updates for etcd and kafka

Change-Id: I5b47a3858ad71e25d60b5f0b55fd11840c4ca901
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 683d82a..2b655bb 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.8.26
+2.8.27