[VOL-3731] Releasing updated 2.8 with ETCD state state deletion

Change-Id: I756b6a766b9038550248d1b4ccac56ad9bfd35b7
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 38bc521..56f5e1b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.8.11
+2.8.12