VOL-3978 - change the version of build tools

- fixed two minor errors in code that go 1.16 vet caught

Change-Id: Ibc5d7e966cb89bdb557a640fac70e2101a7b27b6
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index af8c8ec..f2c6cb6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.2.2
+4.2.3