Fix for timestamps not coming in kafka message

Change-Id: Ic43f46c935febe46d5e9b3ea70f006fa8012f4c6
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f2b2cf9..9d4f823 100755
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.9-dev
+1.2.9