Releasing 2.8 fixes for adapters

Change-Id: I5ea8f9af1d32aed44c83ee9cfa3367d4a8faa15d
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 85c0a6a..6ece8e7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.8.16
+2.8.17